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Four Years and Counting: This is Not Trump’s World
Trump's 2025 return reshapes global trade, foreign policy, and alliances, but world leaders resist his disruptive agenda.
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‘Out of the Box’: Trump’s Latest Deal of the Century
In the first official visit of a foreign leader to President Trump's White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauds President Trump's latest deal as 'out-of-the-box thinking'.
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Prosecutors Drop Case Against Mathilde Panot Amid Free Speech Debate
Paris drops terror probe of leftwing politician, Mathilde Panot, who called the Hamas attack an "armed Palestinian offensive."
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‘Clean Them Out’: Amman and Cairo Respond to Trump
Trump's latest remarks to "clean them out" received Arab backlash, from Cairo and Amman, as Trump pursues business over long-standing convention.
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The Missing Link: Religious Diplomacy After the Ceasefire
Following the ceasefire, trauma on both sides demand an antidote. Religious diplomacy may offer such a antidote.
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Caught in the Crosshairs: Gulf Countries Court a Multipolar Order
As American strikes set the region on fire, the Gulf found that massive wealth bought no seat at the table and its survival called for a whole new orbit.
Sánchez Says No to War. Washington Says Pay for It Anyway.
When Trump threatened to cut all trade with Spain this week for refusing to open its bases for strikes on Iran, Sánchez replied in three words: No to war.
Qatar’s LNG Shock: When Energy Security Meets Physical Reality
Iranian drones struck Ras Laffan last week, QatarEnergy halted a fifth of global LNG supply, and European gas prices jumped 52% by morning.
Baalbek Clans and the Return of the State
After Salam banned Hezbollah military activities this week, clans across Baalbek-Hermel backed the Lebanese state in terms Beirut rarely hears from that region.
Qatar’s Art Storage Signals Cultural Maturity
In November 2025, Qatar announced the Gulf's largest museum-grade art storage facility, marking a shift from spectacle to stewardship.
