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Our editorial team monitors the critical flashpoints and military developments that threaten regional stability:
Maritime Security and Trade Corridors: Analysis of tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb, focusing on the protection of global energy supply chains and the impact of naval blockades.
The New Syrian and Levant Landscape: Reporting on the aftermath of political transitions in Syria, the management of “buffer zones,” and the ongoing efforts to stabilize fragmented state structures in Lebanon and Yemen.
Non-State Actors and Proxy Dynamics: Examining the evolving influence of militias and insurgent groups across the region and their impact on sovereign governance and border security.
At Global Politics, we explore how Middle Eastern states navigate their relationships on the international stage. We analyze the role of global mediators in brokering ceasefires, the pursuit of normalization agreements, and the quest for a new regional balance of power. Our mission is to provide the objective context necessary to understand how the quest for geopolitical stability in the Middle East influences global security and the future of international diplomacy.
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A leading historian of antisemitism, he countered the prevailing narrative of Jewish victimhood and later pushed back against efforts to diminish the Holocaust’s significance. Yehuda Bauer, whose family narrowly escaped the Nazis in their flight to Mandatory Palestine from Czechoslovakia…
The suspects, all Israeli citizens, conducted intelligence missions for two years under the direction of two Iranian agents, the authorities said. The Israeli authorities said on Monday that they have dismantled a spy network made up of seven Israelis who…
News Analysis A two-state solution remains the goal of the United States and the West, but many in the region say the devastation in Gaza and the lack of effective Palestinian leadership make it a remote prospect. The killing of…
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is expected to depart on Monday in a renewed effort to bring calm to the region. The State Department did not say which other countries he might stop in. Secretary of State Antony J.…
Peace talks were nowhere in sight and, despite Yahya Sinwar’s death, the violence seemed only to increase, as Israel struck northern Gaza and Hezbollah fired dozens of projectiles. Israeli forces pounded targets in the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya on…
Lloyd J. Austin lamented that civilian casualties during Israel’s war in Lebanon are “far too high.” Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said on Saturday that civilian casualties in Lebanon were “far too high” and that he would “like to…
The action came after the channel aired a report describing a number of leaders of Iranian backed armed groups as terrorists. Iraqi regulators have suspended the license of a Saudi-owned television channel and are taking steps to terminate its right…
The Israeli prime minister and his wife were not home at the time of the strike, his office said. The episode highlighted the challenge drones pose to Israel’s air defenses. A drone from Lebanon struck a building near the private…
news analysis Just about all of the actors in the region are looking for an “offramp” to the conflict, many analysts say. But Hezbollah and Hamas are talking tough, and Israel is not backing down. The killing of Yahya Sinwar,…
Extensive Israeli attacks have blown up Hezbollah munitions and killed many fighters and leaders, but the Lebanese militia is far from incapacitated, analysts say. Israeli bombs have blown up its munitions stores and killed thousands of its fighters, including many…
American commandos and intelligence officers began helping Israel soon after the Oct. 7 attacks last year. Days after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the Pentagon quietly dispatched several dozen commandos to Israel to help advise on hostage recovery…
Israel has demanded that the force, known as UNIFIL, pull out. But all the countries contributing troops and the U.N. Security Council decided unanimously that UNIFIL should stay. U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon have experienced a series of deliberate attacks by…