Opinion | West Side Stories: As Rabat Deepens Ties with Tel Aviv, Algiers Breaks with Abu Dhabi
When Nicolas Sarkozy, then president of France, visited Tangier on 23 October…
Opinion | The Vitality of Iteru: Blue Nile Hydropolitics and Asymmetrical Water Vulnerability
On 11 October 2026, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi reaffirmed Egypt’s commitment to…
Opinion | On the Same Page: A Reading of Egypt’s National Identity Charter
Writing in December 1934, Egyptian intellectual Ahmed Hassan al-Zayyat grappled with anxieties…
Opinion | Arabia Felix: Security Challenges From and Within Yemen
Within less than a week, the Houthis have reached Yemen’s southern Red…
Opinion | Historicity of Heliopolis: Urban memory, greenery and the cycles of a neighbourhood
Official accounts trace the word Korba to La Courbe—a reference to the…
Opinion | Wait of the Union: West Bank roads expand while EU stalls on Palestinian statehood
Europe increasingly recognises Palestinian statehood as a political objective while watching the…
Opinion | The 49th Parallel: US-Canada Tariffs and the Complexity of Buying “Local”
In 1930, the United States enacted the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, prompting Canada…
Opinion | Quartet Questions: What the Makkah Pact Means for the R4
The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan…
Opinion | Passe-Partout Paradox: Airport Digitisation and the Politics of Recognition
Bedoon—Arabic for ‘without’—refers to communities in parts of the Gulf who live…
Opinion | Bride of the Sands: El Obeid and the Future of Atrocity Prevention
El Obeid is emerging as a critical test of the international community's…