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A disappointing start for Merz's conservatives in the series of German state elections

EU TA | AP Insight - March 9, 2026.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial...

Can Central Asia remain unscathed by the war in Iran?

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - March 9, 2026.

In addition to the wider Middle East, the war in Iran has placed the countries of Central Asia in a very unfavourable position. The region, geographically...

Spain’s position in the war against Iran is hypocritical and unjustified

EU Daniel Lacalle - March 9, 2026.

"Death to America is not a slogan, it is an objective." "Israel is a cancerous tumour that must be eradicated," "The barbaric Israeli regime has...

Is Russia just an observer of the war in Iran, or something more?

Russia TA | AP Insight - March 8, 2026.

As U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs rain on Iran, Russia has responded with words of indignation but no visible action to support its Middle...

Can Ukraine turn its drone-killers into geopolitical leverage?

Eastern Europe TA | AP Insight - March 7, 2026.

As the war in the Middle East strains U.S. missile stocks, Ukraine is hoping it can turn a wartime innovation — low-cost interceptors designed to...

Encouraging separatism in Iran would be a bad strategy

Middle East Michael Burleigh - March 7, 2026.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally gotten his war with Iran, the one regional power that Israel truly fears. While the United States is nominally...

Did the US underestimate the risk to its Gulf Arab allies?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - March 6, 2026.

The Trump administration is confronting mounting discontent from allies in the Persian Gulf who have complained they were not given adequate time to prepare for...

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