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Feb 18, 2026Charles W. DunneThe Trump administration’s new “Board of Peace” is slated to hold its inaugural meeting in Washington on February 19, 2026. After the United Nations (UN) Secur…
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Feb 17, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesIn a striking episode that captured the delicate intersection between domestic transformation and foreign policy, Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih pub…
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Jan 20, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesSince December, Iran has witnessed its largest wave of anti-government demonstrations since the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom movement sparked by the death of stud…
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Israel’s Smearing Campaign against Qatar: Latent Motives and Objectives
Feb 3, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesSince the outbreak of the Israeli war on Gaza, analysts, governments, and media outlets have debated Qatar’s involvement with Hamas and its wider role in Middl…
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A US Capture of Venezuelan Oil Could Come at OPEC’s Expense
Jan 23, 2026The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has a checkered relationship with American oil companies. In the 1970s, OPEC member states pushed the …
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The Trump Administration and the Fracturing Saudi-UAE Alliance
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Bitcoin Mining on the Nile? Implications of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for Egypt and Sudan
Nov 12, 2025Lama ElhatowEthiopia’s highly contested and controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was officially inaugurated on September 9, 2025, marking the completion of…
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