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The US tacitly abandons the original IMEC; replaces Israel with Syria

A Pentagon-backed US-Saudi joint mining company is planning to takeover Iran’s reconstruction and slowing its re-armament

Beijing Wants the Moroccan Passport, Not the Market

Saudi Arabia Is Besieging Israel and Accelerating the Timeline for War on Syria

The Hejaz railway is back, it skips Haifa, forcing Abu Dhabi to edge away from Tel Aviv

Morocco's borrowed stability

Saudi Economic Contraction: How MBS Debt-Led Growth Is Creating a Strategic Financial and Geopolitical Trap for Saudi

The Siege of Iran Also Trapped Saudi

Under Iran war pressure, Saudi Arabia breaks from the oil model and turns to a debt-financed deficit economy

Iran and The Chinese Dragon in the Room

Indonesia's Impossible Balancing Act

Will Turkey Inherit Iran?

The Hormuz Toll: Iran’s Move from “Chokepoint” to “Clearing House”

Iran is fighting a currency war

Israel’s War Budget Passes. The Real Bill Has Not Arrived Yet.

Military Keynesianism and the US War on Saudi and the Broader Gulf

Two Bets, One War: How the Iran War Will Decide Libya's Fate

Pakistan-Sudan military supplies deal halted as Saudi pulls funding due to disagreements

The War For The Middle East Economic Future

The Strait of Hormuz Fertiliser Crisis and Incoming Food Supplies Disruption

Oman: The Inheritor of the UAE

Egypt’s War Without Missiles

The War Above: How the Israel-Iran Conflict Became a Contest for Space Dominance

The War for Remaking the Middle East Political Economy

Iran-Israel War Is Rerouting the IMEC and the Alternative Runs Through Qatar, Saudi & Syria

Saudi-UAE Data Wars Heat Up as Iraq and UAE Launch $700 Million WorldLink Cable

Lebanon’s Banking Bill Is a Geopolitical Pact Disguised as Financial Reform

This Week: Vision 2030 Reckoning, Palestine's Future, and the Post-Gaza Regional Economic Restructuring

The Great Revamp and Vision 2030 Reckoning

The End of the Palestinian Authority

Egypt Follows Saudi and UAE Sovereign Wealth Restructuring

The Red Sea Emerges as the New Front in UAE-Saudi Power Competition

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Syria’s Energy Bonanza Reveals the New Architecture of American and Saudi Regional Strategies

This week: MENA Region at the centre of US-EU competition and regional market creation rivalries escalate

China Displaces Europe as Tunisia’s Largest Trade Partner

UAE Billionaire Lawsuit Defines Lebanon’s Future as Reform Pressure Mounts

The EU-India FTA Deal Cements IMEC Bloc as Trump's Board of Peace Splits the World

Libya’s Oil Opening: Transactional Statecraft in the Trump Era

Saudi-UAE Feud and the Great Recalibration: Neom Scales Back as Vision 2030 Confronts Reality, with the UAE paying the price

Trump’s Gives Economic Peace Another Shot As Allies Split

Gaza is the Bedrock for a New World Order Led by Private Capital

Somalia returns to the regional strategic map after Somaliland recognition

Saudi Adopts National Insurance Strategy as Financialisation Deepens

Syrian state recaptures oil and gas fields following SDF withdrawal, vows boosting production

Saudi Pivot to Minerals as Deficits Grow and Oil Plunges