Commentaries

The publication by U.S. President Donald Trump of an image associated with Nicolás Maduro was not a fleeting act within the sphere of political communication; rather, it constituted a symbolic move laden with implications that extend beyond the content of the image itself. The analytical value here does not lie in questioning the image’s authenticity or its technical circumstances, but…

It is difficult to understand the recent escalation in Yemen—or to make sense of its sudden intensity in both rhetoric and action—as an isolated event or as a temporary deviation in the Saudi–Emirati partnership. What unfolded, from strikes aimed at disrupting suspected weapons supply routes toward al-Mukalla to the more explicit Emirati push in support of the Southern Transitional Council’s…

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland should not be read as an isolated diplomatic move, but rather as part of a broader strategy aimed at reshaping influence maps in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea amid the fragility of the regional order. Although the recognition does not alter Somaliland’s legal status, it produces a symbolic political shift that moves the…

Since the outbreak of armed confrontations between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudan has been experiencing a complex conflict that goes beyond a direct military struggle for power. Rather, it reflects a deeper structural crisis rooted in the nature of the state itself and its symbiotic institutional formation. While the majority of analyses focus…

Western discourse today portrays Iran as one rigid, uniform state, usually equating its people to its strict government. But behind that misconception lies a plural society built on ethnic diversity, layered identity and a national consciousness that has been shaped more by culture and history rather than politics alone. A living mosaic thriving together despite all their differences, Iran is…

It is not in the interest of the nation to begin, politically or in the media, discussing radical political or constitutional measures in response to the executive order issued by U.S. President Donald Trump, which paves the way for designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon. Our primary concern here is the Jordanian context…

Abstract This paper posits that the Islamic Action Front Party (IAF) in Jordan may be included among the entities subjected to U.S. security assessment, on the basis that it represents one of the organizational arms linked-according to the American perspective-to the Muslim Brotherhood. The assessment may also encompass certain charitable associations operating in Jordan, as well as senior figures who…

The assassination of Haitham Ali al-Tabtabaei, one of Hezbollah’s most prominent military commanders, in Beirut’s southern suburb did not occur as an isolated security incident that can be treated as yet another Israeli operation within the ongoing shadow war between the two sides. Rather, the strike-unfolding at a regional moment in which Israeli military signals intersect with heightened political and…

On 24 November 2025, United States President Donald Trump issued an executive order that took a half-step that three decades of precedent suggested was based on inaccurate information and analysis.  The order claimed that it “sets in motion  a process by which certain chapters or other subdivisions of the Muslim Brotherhood shall be considered for designation as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.”…

On November 24, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Departments of State and Treasury to initiate a process for assessing the designation of “certain branches of the Muslim Brotherhood” as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and “Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).”The order states that these branches “fuel terrorism, commit, facilitate, or support violence and destabilization campaigns…