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The upcoming Palestinian legislative elections take on a different meaning in Lebanon’s refugee camps. They present a dual test: one for the legitimacy of Palestinian representation, and another for the future governance of the camps, which the Lebanese state is currently discussing.
Khaldoun El-Charif
The Houthi takeover of Yemen’s west coast has transformed Bab al-Mandab into a new source of regional leverage. An international push to restore maritime security could contain the immediate crisis while entrenching the very gains that produced it.
Faozi Al-Goidi
The Houthis are pressing their advantage amid the broader U.S.-Iran war, securing vital leverage in a potential future settlement while risking overreach and casting Yemen—and the region—down a very dangerous path.
Yasmeen Al-Eryani
Iran has withstood half a year of war without the institutional breakdown some expected, even as the conflict has deepened economic hardship and expanded the role of the security state. Its resilience is real, but so are the mounting costs to Iranian society.
Negar Mortazavi
The ‘Forty-Day War’ has revealed that Gulf security can no longer depend on external guarantees, but requires indigenous capabilities and multi-layered deterrence.
Zafer Muhammad Alajmi
An advance by Yemen’s Houthis toward strategically vital areas near the Bab al-Mandab Strait marks a crucial shift, as the group increasingly leverages maritime geography within a broader regional calculus tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict.