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For months, pending U.S. midterm elections have acted as both a restraint on military force and a point of leverage to be exploited. With the vote soon in the books, how will that calculus change and how can mediators secure important gains before it does?
Khalid Al-Jufairi
The Mecca Joint Defense Alliance increases Islamabad’s strategic weight. However, its value will depend on whether Pakistan can defend Saudi Arabia, preserve channels with Iran, and keep the Gulf from becoming another theater of conflict with India.
Rabia Akhtar
Israel’s parties compete fiercely for power. But competition over who governs does not always produce competing visions of the country’s strategic direction.
Nayef Al-Nabet
The Arab middle class serves as a foundation of social stability and public confidence in institutions. Years of conflict, inflation and the emigration of skilled professionals have had impacts beyond the economic realm, affecting social cohesion and political stability.
Faleh Al-Hajeri
Houthi escalation is testing regional security. Its consequences extend beyond military targets, shipping routes, and national borders to civilian lives—and risk eroding the current rules of engagement.
Khalid Al-Jaber
The departure of U.S.-led coalition forces removes a longstanding source of contention in Iraq while exposing a deeper struggle over who controls the use of force.