Politics · Regional order
The New Maps of Influence Taking Shape Across MENA
As alliances become more flexible, regional capitals are building a political order defined by choice rather than alignment.
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Politics · Diplomacy
Diplomacy After Alignment: The Region’s New Room to Manoeuvre
Middle powers are turning strategic ambiguity into a durable foreign-policy tool.
Economy · Energy
Beyond Oil: Who Will Own the Region’s Energy Transition?
Solar investment is accelerating, but local capacity will determine who captures its long-term value.
Society · Urban life
Cities Between Memory and Modernity
A younger generation is renegotiating belonging in the streets, homes, and institutions of North Africa.
Security · Security
Security Without Certainty in a Multipolar Age
Deterrence is changing as states combine formal guarantees with increasingly diverse partnerships.
Culture · Culture
The Archive Is Alive
Artists across the region are making inherited memory a language for the present.
Opinion · Opinion
Against the Single Story of the Middle East
Better analysis begins when we resist reducing a diverse region to a permanent crisis.