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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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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Amman, Jordan
Economy
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
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
Security Without Certainty in a Multipolar Age
Deterrence is changing as states combine formal guarantees with increasingly diverse partnerships.
Culture
Culture · Culture
The Archive Is Alive
Artists across the region are making inherited memory a language for the present.
Opinion
Opinion · Opinion
Against the Single Story of the Middle East
Better analysis begins when we resist reducing a diverse region to a permanent crisis.
“He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. ”
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