📌 South Yemen dialogue: obstacles and opportunity

Saudi Arabia is hosting a South Yemen dialogue after secessionist forces briefly seized key governorates; deep divisions complicate any settlement.

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#Geopolitics #Dialogue #Saudi #South #Unity #yemen

📌 Trump-Netanyahu war aims to entrap Iranians into unconditional submission

On Saturday, as President Donald Trump announced that the United States had launched a major attack on Iran, the Israeli military declared that the joint US-Israeli attack had targeted “dozens of military targets” in Iran. Trump said the operation was intended to devastate Iran’s military, eliminate its nuclear programme and bring about a change in

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#Security #Iran #Israel #Submission #us #War

📌 Decoding America's biblical messaging amid rising tensions

U.S. messaging on the Middle East is split: a political peace plan alongside biblical rhetoric from Ambassador Huckabey about Israel’s “divine right.”

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#Analysis #Bible #Conflict #Israel #Messaging #us

📌 US generals’ warnings complicate Trump’s options ahead of Geneva talks

Trump’s generals warn that a prolonged air campaign against Iran could deplete munitions and risk escalation, complicating defense of regional allies.

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#Security #Generals #Iran #Talks #us #War

📌 Why will Iran’s Foreign Policy not Change even after Raisi’s Death?

Iran’s foreign policy will not change after Raisi’s death; Khamenei has systematically sidelined the Foreign Ministry, centralizing control in his own office.

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#Policy_Brief #Centralization #Eastward #ForeignPolicy #Iran #Khamenei

📌 Navigating Danger: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Risk Returning

Syrian refugees in Lebanon face a horrific choice: stay in a collapsing environment or return to Syria, where persecution awaits.

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#Security #Danger #Lebanon #Refugees #Return #Syria

📌 Iran considers its response to potential renewed US-Israeli strikes

Iran believes a U.S.-Israeli strike is coming; if attacked, it will widen the war, hitting U.S. bases and Gulf oil.

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#Security

📌 ‘Mess Around and Find Out’: 4 Opinion Writers on the Khamenei Strike

Trump’s decapitation strike killed Khamenei, but regime change is a gamble; power vacuums breed chaos.

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#Analysis #Chaos #Gamble #Iran #Khamenei #Strike

📌 How Israel Lost Americans

For the first time in 25 years, more Americans sympathize with Palestinians than Israel; bipartisan support is slipping away.

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#Analysis #Israel #Poll #Shift #Sympathy #us

📌 Iraq increasingly moves toward US

Iraq’s foreign policy is shaped by internal rivalries and militia influence, not strategy; pro-U.S. factions gain as Iran weakens.

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#Policy_Brief #Balance #Iran #Iraq #Militias #us

📌 Iran’s supreme leader is dead. Here’s what it means

Khamenei is dead, killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike; Iran teeters as succession and regime survival hang in the balance.

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#Analysis #Death #Iran #Khamenei #Succession #Turmoil

📌 All or Nothing in Gaza

Trump’s Gaza plan is flawed: the technocratic committee cannot succeed unless four key conditions are met.

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#Analysis #Conditions #Failure #Gaza #Plan #Trump

📌 Trump’s US-Israel war on Iran is denounced abroad, unconstitutional at home

Trump’s war on Iran, launched without congressional approval, is unconstitutional; the consequences are irreversible.

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#Policy_Brief #Congress #Constitution #Iran #Trump #War

📌 Who Will Succeed Ali Khamenei in Iran?

Khamenei’s death leaves a historic vacuum; the most likely outcome is an IRGC takeover, turning a clerical state into a military one.

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#Analysis #Iran #IRGC #Khamenei #Succession #Vacuum

📌 Saudi Arabia’s New Approach to Israel and the Normalization Process

Saudi Arabia’s shift on Israel is stark: 99% of Saudis now oppose normalization, and a Palestinian state is a non-negotiable condition.

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#Geopolitics #Israel #Normalization #Palestine #Saudi #Shift

📌 Ten must-read books on US-Iran relations

To counter the propaganda surrounding Iran, read these ten essential books on U.S.-Iran relations and imperial hubris.

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#Analysis #Books #history #Iran #Propaganda #Resistance

📌 Why does Iran persist on nuclear enrichment?

Iran will not abandon enrichment; zero enrichment is a dead end. Limited enrichment with strict inspections is the only viable path.

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#Security #Diplomacy #Enrichment #Iran #Nuclear #Pride

📌 Operation Epic Fury and the Remnants of Iran’s Nuclear Program

Operation Epic Fury is a systematic campaign targeting leadership, missiles, and nuclear remnants—aiming for regime change.

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#Security #Escalation #Iran #Israel #us #War

📌 Why the US Keeps Misreading Iran’s Place on the Map

The U.S. misreads Iran because its mental map is wrong: Iran is the pivot of Southwest Asia, not a peripheral oil state.

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#Policy_Brief #Geography #Iran #Misreading #Pivot #Strategy

📌 How does this war with Iran end? Or does it?

Trump’s war on Iran has three possible ends: regime collapse, Iranian retaliation outlasting U.S. will, or a return to the deal.

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#Analysis #Collapse #Diplomacy #Iran #Scenarios #War

📌 How Iran, China, and Russia Use the Shadow Fleet to Evade US Sanctions

A growing “shadow fleet” now transports nearly a fifth of global tanker capacity, evading U.S. sanctions; China is the primary buyer.

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#Economy #China #Evasion #Oil #sanctions #ShadowFleet