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November 3, 2026
India’s economic security is increasingly tied to Gulf stability through energy, trade, labor, remittances, and investment. As regional conflict disrupts maritime routes and Pakistan expands its security role, New Delhi faces mounting economic vulnerabilities and strategic challenges.
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October 22, 2026
The 2026 U.S. midterm elections will test Trump’s grip on Congress as falling approval ratings, economic pressures and costly foreign commitments threaten Republican control and the future of his agenda.
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October 15, 2026
The GCC’s dollar peg is conventionally explained by three pillars: dollar-invoiced oil, Treasury-recycled surpluses, and imported Federal Reserve credibility.
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October 15, 2026
The GCC’s dollar peg is conventionally explained by three pillars: dollar-invoiced oil, Treasury-recycled surpluses, and imported Federal Reserve credibility.
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2026
Can Sanctions Achieve What Military Force Could Not in Iran?
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September
2026
BRICS and the Middle East: What Is at Stake?
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November 8, 2026
The U.S. midterm elections were less a conventional contest for congressional seats than a referendum on President Donald Trump’s domestic and foreign policies. The Democrats seized control of both the House and the Senate, with breakthroughs in states and regions that had long been considered Republican strongholds. This has raised pressing questions over Washington’s trajectory… Continue reading The Middle East After the Midterms: Escalation or Settlement
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November 5, 2026
The American public has delivered a crushing verdict on Donald Trump’s second-term presidency so far, handing Democrats an historic victory that swept Republicans from control of both houses of Congress. The scale and scope of the defeat were stunning. Democrats won Senate races in deep Republican strongholds like Texas, Kansas, and South Carolina—in some cases… Continue reading Trump’s Midterm Rout and the Uncertain Future of the Iran War
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November 3, 2026
It is the height of political and military failure when a state with the world’s biggest arsenal and its most advanced technology concludes that deploying a nuclear weapon—even of limited yield—could resolve a political crisis or war that conventional weaponry could not settle. This is not merely a dangerous idea. It marks a resounding collapse… Continue reading Going Nuclear: A Political Failure and an Irrational Option
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November 8, 2026
The U.S. midterm elections were less a conventional contest for congressional seats than a referendum on President Donald Trump’s domestic and foreign policies. The Democrats seized control of both the House and the Senate, with breakthroughs in states and regions that had long been considered Republican strongholds. This has raised pressing questions over Washington’s trajectory… Continue reading The Middle East After the Midterms: Escalation or Settlement
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November 5, 2026
The American public has delivered a crushing verdict on Donald Trump’s second-term presidency so far, handing Democrats an historic victory that swept Republicans from control of both houses of Congress. The scale and scope of the defeat were stunning. Democrats won Senate races in deep Republican strongholds like Texas, Kansas, and South Carolina—in some cases… Continue reading Trump’s Midterm Rout and the Uncertain Future of the Iran War
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November 3, 2026
It is the height of political and military failure when a state with the world’s biggest arsenal and its most advanced technology concludes that deploying a nuclear weapon—even of limited yield—could resolve a political crisis or war that conventional weaponry could not settle. This is not merely a dangerous idea. It marks a resounding collapse… Continue reading Going Nuclear: A Political Failure and an Irrational Option
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