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From Syria to Yemen, Iran has demonstrated a vast capacity for manufacturing crises, yet it has failed to translate its strategy into legitimate influence or durable security.
Khaled Dahem Al-Hajri
Israel's strike on Doha and Iran's sustained assault on Qatar and Oman have turned two of the region's few remaining neutral channels into targets. If mediators cannot expect basic protection, the diplomacy every future ceasefire depends on will disappear.
Abdulla Banndar Al-Etaibi
The tepid response of Ali al-Zaidi's new Iraqi government to outlaw militias' involvement in the fighting could drag the country into a disastrous regional war.
Muhi al-Ansari
With neither a decisive military victory nor a political settlement in sight, the Middle East is sliding into an open-ended war of attrition that threatens security, trade, energy supplies, and the global economy.
Khalid Al-Jaber
The wars since October 7 have reshaped battlefronts and shifted power across the Middle East. Iran and Israel have confronted each other directly, bearing military, political, and economic costs, while Saudi Arabia and Türkiye have avoided this cycle of attrition and made relative gains.
Khaled Dahem Al-Hajri
Understandings between Washington and Tehran, in the form currently on the table, are unlikely to resolve the underlying tensions or bring stability to the region.