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Pact for the Mediterranean – One Sea, One Pact, One Future – a shared ambition for the region

Brussels - On Thursday (Octobre 16, 2025), the European Commission and the High Representative set out a new ambitious strategy to strengthen EU relations...

Friday essay: how societies evolved into fear-dominated goliaths – then collapsed

John Long, Flinders University - We think of ancient civilisations as operating very differently from the way our economy works today. Yet the Bronze...

Iran’s president calls for moving its drought-stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – how Tehran got into water bankruptcy

Ali Mirchi, Oklahoma State University; Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine; Kaveh Madani, United Nations University, and Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; United Nations...

Global power shifts are playing out in the Red Sea region: why this is where the rules are changing

Federico Donelli, University of Trieste - The competition for global influence and control is shifting. One of the places where this dynamic is playing...

Why the Middle East is being left behind by global climate finance plans

Hala Al-Hamawi, Nottingham Trent University The Middle East region, home to both oil-rich economies and fragile, conflict-affected states, remains among the most underfunded in the...

After 2 years of devastating war, will Arab countries now turn their backs on Israel?

Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, La Trobe University - The Middle East has long been riddled by instability. This makes getting a sense of the broader, long-term...

In the Middle East, women journalists and activists have been driving crucial change

Farinaz Basmechi, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa - Last month marked the third anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, an uprising that...

Abraham accords: Israel’s latest push to improve Arab relations could stall over Palestinian statehood

Simon Mabon, Lancaster University - Mohammed bin Salman wants to bring Saudi Arabia into the Abraham accords, the network of agreements to normalise relations...

Hamas is battling powerful clans for control in Gaza – who are these groups and what threat do they pose?

Martin Kear, University of Sydney - Despite the euphoria surrounding the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, Gaza is still wracked with violence. More than two...

How Donald Trump’s ‘dead cat diplomacy’ may have changed the course of the Gaza war

Asaf Siniver, University of Birmingham - When Donald Trump called Benjamin Netanyahu on October 4 to tell him that Hamas had agreed to at...

Child famine has reached the highest level in Gaza, with tens of thousands of kids affected – new study

Michael Toole, Burnet Institute - More than 54,000 children aged under five in Gaza are suffering acute malnutrition, including more than 12,800 who are...

Global Backing for Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan: A Potential Turning Point?

International leaders express support amid hopes for an end to the conflict Washington — U.S. President Donald J. Trump has unveiled a comprehensive peace plan...

Hamas and Israel are on the verge of a ceasefire. What’s being left unsaid, though, could scupper the deal

Martin Kear, University of Sydney - Hamas announced that it has accepted several parts of the peace plan put forth by US President Donald...

Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza is deeply flawed but it may be the best offer Hamas can expect

Julie M. Norman, UCL - The 20-point Gaza peace plan thrashed out under the leadership of the United States and agreed to by Israel...

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