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Giving in to a bully only encourages them to increase their demands. Most of us learned this as children. But some did not.

The MENA Energy Recap is a quarterly review of key energy developments that took place in the region from April through June of 2025 and what they signal in the months ahead. The Recap views these ...

Probably few if any Middle East analysts had Israeli airstrikes targeting key government installations of the Syrian state on their summer 2025 bingo cards. And yet that is precisely what happened on ...

Iran's Nuclear Ambitions Threaten Global Stability as U.S. Military Action Faces Scrutiny** Recent intelligence assessments have revealed that the U.S. military strikes on Irani ...

President Trump would rather be talking about his "One Big Beautiful Bill" and other recent wins, but the controversy over ...

An expert in Middle Eastern affairs suggests that an 'increasingly confident' Israel is capitalizing on the region's instability to neutralize a 'long-standing enemy'. After successful campaigns ...

Following Israel’s military operation against Iran on June 13, the Tel Aviv-based Cyabra found a pattern of disinformation ...

In place of a coherent strategy or vision, Trump’s approach to the Middle East is driven by dramatic gestures, symbolic ...

Northern Yemeni parties prefer to undermine Southerners rather than defeat the Houthis. This dampens development and causes ...

The past two months have witnessed a remarkable spike in warfare involving nuclear powers. From May 7 to May 10, India and ...

The Trump administration is treating South Africa almost like a pariah, blacklisting its envoys, refusing to send top-level ...