The Iran conflict and the ensuing sporadic closures of the Strait of Hormuz have already battered the global economy, with some estimates putting the damage at a staggering $2.2 trillion worldwide.

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At the recent NATO summit in Ankara, renewed US-Iran strikes and Turkey’s push to rejoin the F-35 stealth fighter program overshadowed the Alliance’s message of unity and a strong European pillar. MEI ...

When Iran struck two Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the United Arab Emirates and damaged a third in Bahrain in early March, Washington quickly deemed the Gulf’s artificial intelligence ...

This report outlines an actionable US roadmap to win in Lebanon, comprising eight chapters of specific policy interventions across the security, economic, and political dimensions needed to secure a ...

The June 26 Trilateral Framework signed by Lebanon, Israel, and the United States is a remarkable breakthrough toward peace, but much work remains ahead. If the restoration of Lebanese state ...

Having taken on the role of facilitating a Lebanon-Israel cease-fire and hosting direct talks aimed at reconciling Israeli security with Lebanese sovereignty, the United States should also take the ...

Keeping Iran — whose interest is instability, not peace — out of any Israeli-Lebanese agreement is critical. In this way alone, the Trilateral Framework Agreement is an improvement over the US-Iran ...

A great prize lies unclaimed by the United States and its allies: Lebanon. Ever since Hizballah’s deadly attack against the US Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, which killed 241 American service ...

For decades, the romanticized myth of Lebanese laissez-faire has masked the stark reality of a state-managed oligopolistic economy. The current Lebanese regime does not govern; it operates as a Player ...

Hizballah’s enduring power stems from its financial, political, and institutional ecosystem — not its weapons alone. As long as this ecosystem remains intact, Hizballah will retain the resources and ...

Long fragile and constrained by Israeli restrictions, the Palestinian economy is in dire straits. The focus since Hamas’ October 7 attack and the ensuing war has been on the devastation in Gaza. Yet ...