Middle East

Has Trump shored up the Middle East’s creaking Pax Americana?

Middle East Ferry Biedermann - September 25, 2025.

Donald Trump did something quite uncharacteristic at the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. No, not the latest apparent U-turn on Ukraine. He...

How will Israel retaliate to the wave of recognitions of the Palestinian state?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - September 22, 2025.

With the beginning of the gathering of world leaders at the annual session of the UN General Assembly, Israel announced its unilateral actions in response...

Pakistan’s nuclear program can be made available to Saudi Arabia

Middle East TA | AP Insight - September 19, 2025.

Pakistan’s defense minister says his nation’s nuclear program “will be made available” to Saudi Arabia if needed under the countries’ new defense pact, marking the...

More Americans say Israel has 'gone too far' in the Gaza conflict

US TA | AP Insight - September 18, 2025.

At a moment of growing international alarm about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, more U.S. adults view Israel's military action in the Palestinian territory as...

Summit of Arab and Muslim countries – a response to the Israeli attack in the heart of Qatar

Middle East The Editorial Board - September 14, 2025.

The Israeli airstrike on Doha on 9 September was a moment that fundamentally shook the balance in the Middle East. The missiles fired at the Qatari...

How much does the Israeli operation in Qatar complicate stabilisation in the region?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - September 10, 2025.

The tiny, gas-rich Gulf Arab state of Qatar hosts the biggest U.S. military base in the Middle East. It has evacuated tens of thousands of American...

Hezbollah and the state - the conflict that will decide the future of Lebanon

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - September 6, 2025.

The Lebanese government meeting on 5 September raised a question that has been hanging over Beirut for decades: can the state finally regain its monopoly...

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