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The US tacitly abandons the original IMEC; replaces Israel with Syria
A pipeline deal in Washington and Syria's delisting quietly redraw the region's route to Europe through Iraq and Syria, cutting Israel out at both ends.
Jul 14
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A Pentagon-backed US-Saudi joint mining company is planning to takeover Iran’s reconstruction and slowing its re-armament
Trump war on Iran aimed to create the material conditions for ending its isolation and absorbing it in a new Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) order…
Jun 23
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Beijing Wants the Moroccan Passport, Not the Market
Beijing asked Morocco for a free trade deal it does not need. It wants the kingdom's road into Europe and Africa, with the King's stability as…
Jun 20
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Saudi Arabia Is Besieging Israel and Accelerating the Timeline for War on Syria
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Saudi-UAE Feud and the Great Recalibration: Neom Scales Back as Vision 2030 Confronts Reality, with the UAE paying the price
Jan 26
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A Pentagon-backed US-Saudi joint mining company is planning to takeover Iran’s reconstruction and slowing its re-armament
Jun 23
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Weaponised Interdependence: How the UAE Monarchy is Increasing its Embeddedness in the Global Supply Chain of Technology to Ensure Regime…
Sep 25, 2024
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Starlink: A Portal to a Middle Eastern Digital Age or Space War?
Dec 10, 2024
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Beijing Wants the Moroccan Passport, Not the Market
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Saudi Arabia Is Besieging Israel and Accelerating the Timeline for War on Syria
Saudi Arabia is building a trade corridor that bypasses Israel. The likely Israeli answer is a war on Syria, the weakest link.
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The Hejaz railway is back, it skips Haifa, forcing Abu Dhabi to edge away from Tel Aviv
Israel bet on making itself indispensable to the new Middle East. Iran made it dispensable, and a new regional order bypassing Israel is emerging.
Jun 9
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Morocco's borrowed stability
Europe lends, Washington recognises, China builds, the Gulf reassures. Every contradiction gets financed and sold rather than resolved. The King has…
Jun 7
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Saudi Economic Contraction: How MBS Debt-Led Growth Is Creating a Strategic Financial and Geopolitical Trap for Saudi
MBS is borrowing 150 billion dollars a year to sustain 2% growth. In doing so, he has handed Washington the financial leverage to press for…
Jun 3
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The Siege of Iran Also Trapped Saudi
The siege of Iran was designed to isolate Tehran. It has instead trapped Riyadh.
May 31
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Under Iran war pressure, Saudi Arabia breaks from the oil model and turns to a debt-financed deficit economy
Saudi Arabia's Q1 2026 budget report marks the kingdom's structural break from oil rents into a debt-financed deficit economy, with the Iran war…
May 6
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Iran and The Chinese Dragon in the Room
The war on Iran is a war on China's energy lifelines. Washington's encirclement strategy across four continents is forcing Beijing toward a…
Apr 20
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