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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
Saudi Arabia is building a trade corridor that bypasses Israel. The likely Israeli answer is a war on Syria, the weakest link.
Jun 16
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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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May 2026
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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April 2026
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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Indonesia's Impossible Balancing Act
Indonesia signed a Pentagon defence deal and sat with Putin for 5 hours on the same day. The war on Iran grows its contradictions and impossible hedging…
Apr 16
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Will Turkey Inherit Iran?
Turkey is not inheriting Iran. It is inheriting Iran's problems. The war has not made Turkey stronger. It has made Turkey more consequential.
Apr 12
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The Hormuz Toll: Iran’s Move from “Chokepoint” to “Clearing House”
The Hormuz toll signals the collapse of US maritime escrow, replacing free navigation with sovereign invoicing and digital ledger dominance to monetise…
Apr 8
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