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Raising the Cost of War: Iran’s Response to the US–Israeli War
Mar 12, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
Nearly a week into the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, which resulted in the assassination of several senior political and military leaders early on, the Assembly …
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Israel’s War on Iran and Netanyahu’s Role
Mar 10, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
For the second time in less than a year, Israel, in alliance with the United States, has launched a large-scale attack against Iran, using the latter’s nuclear…
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The Gulf in the Line of Fire: The Calculations and Contradictions of Iranian Strategy
Mar 9, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
No sooner had news broke of a US-Israeli attack on Tehran on the morning of 28 February 2026, than Iran had launched a series of its own strikes targeting the …
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Epic Fury: Washington’s Contradictory War Aims in Iran
Mar 8, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
On 28 February 2026, US President Donald Trump announced the launch of a joint US-Israeli military operation, dubbed “Epic Fury”, against Iran. Within 24 hours…
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Trump and Netanyahu’s Iran Gambit: The Strategic Calculations behind Epic Fury
Mar 6, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
Following weeks of military mobilization and statements hinting at escalation from the White House, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale attack …
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The War on Iran
Mar 3, 2026Mehran Kamrava
After months of tension and speculation, Israel and the United States jointly attacked Iran. The attacks started with a bombardment of the compound of the Isla…
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Iran Protests Stir International Convergences and Conflicting Interests
Jan 20, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
Since 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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Saudi Emirati Tensions and the Struggle for Influence in Southern Yemen
Jan 6, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
The Saudi airstrike targeting an Emirati weapons shipment in the port of Mukalla on 29 December 2025, marked a dramatic escalation in the simmering tension bet…
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South Yemen Escalation: Is the Country Headed for an Emirati-Sponsored Partition?
Dec 15, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
A major military operation seized swathes of southern Yemen last week, particularly in the governorates of Hadramout and al-Mahra. Military factions, most nota…
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Strategic Implications of Mohammed bin Salman’s Visit to Washington
Nov 27, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the White House on 18 November marked a highly symbolic moment in US–Saudi relations. After years of strained ties,…
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The 2025 Iraqi Parliamentary Elections
Nov 10, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On 11 November 2025, Iraqis are heading to the polls to cast their vote in the sixth parliamentary election since the 2003 invasion and subsequent deposition o…
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Saudi Crown Prince in Washington: The Return of Realpolitik
Nov 6, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
President Donald Trump voiced optimism that Saudi Arabia would soon join the 2020 Abraham Accords that normalized relations between Israel and some Arab countr…
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Gulf Security After the Israeli Strike on Doha: Waning US Guarantees and Expanding Options
Oct 2, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On September 17, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Riyadh and announced a defense agreement with Saudi Arabia. The announcement of the Saudi–Paki…
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Doha Wasn’t a One‑Off: What Israel’s 9 September Strike Signals?
Oct 2, 2025Muhanad Seloom
On 9 September 2025, Israel launched an airstrike in Doha targeting Hamas’s senior political leadership. The strike killed five Hamas-affiliated figures and…
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The Doha Emergency Summit: Outcomes and Regional Implications
Sep 18, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On 15 September, the Qatari capital, Doha, hosted an emergency Arab and Islamic summit convened in response to the Israeli strike against the State of Qatar …
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Saudi Arabia’s Response to Israel’s New Security Doctrine in the Levant
Aug 14, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
In July 2025, Saudi Arabia and France jointly convened a high-profile diplomatic conference in New York dedicated to reviving momentum for a negotiated two-sta…
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Coming to Terms with Economic Sanctions on Iran
Jul 13, 2025Meriem Heni
For more than four decades, Iran has been subject to wide-ranging international sanctions, first by the United States in 1979 after the Islamic Revolution and…
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From Imperial Containment to Catastrophe: Why the US-Israeli Strategy Against Iran Collapsed
Jul 6, 2025Bamo Nouri Inderjeet Parmar
The military escalation of June 2025 – marked by Israel’s unprovoked and illegal attacks on Iranian nuclear sites and the first-ever direct US military aggress…
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A War With No Winners
Jun 23, 2025Mehran Kamrava
acrobat Icon The United States has finally caved in to Israeli pressure and has bombed Iran’s most important nuclear facilities, located in Isfahan, Natanz, …
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Israel’s Attack on Iran (2): Balance of Power and Tehran’s Options
Jun 18, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
As Israel guards its monopoly over nuclear arms in the Middle East, its political and security cabinet decided on 9 June to launch a war on Iran, in coordinati…

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