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Sep 13, 2026
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Jul 23, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Sultan Barakat

    The Houthis’ escalation in Yemen could flop (opens the original)

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    The speed of the Houthi advance along the Red Sea coast has changed the strategic landscape. After capturing Mocha, Houthi forces moved into Dhubab and reached Mayyun, or Perim Island, at the narrowest point of the Bab al-Mandeb strait. These are not peripheral gains. They give the movement unprecedented leverage over one of the world’s most important maritime corridors. This latest escalation in Yemen is not simply another episode in its long civil war. It is also not simply an escalatory move

  2. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Sultan Barakat

    Gulf insecurity fuels US energy dominance (opens the original)

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    US President Donald Trump celebrated on Truth Social what he called the “biggest oil deal in history” – a 100-year concession on 17 oil fields in Venezuela that would secure 65 billion barrels of oil. Around the same time, QatarEnergy informed Edison, one of its biggest European customers, that force majeure on its liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries would continue until early November. Five more cargoes were cancelled, taking the total to 29, or about 3.8 billion cubic metres of gas. The con

  3. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Sultan Barakat

    The missing half of mediation (opens the original)

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    Professor of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University; Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI; and Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran, signed on June 17, briefly appeared to have achieved what weeks of military confrontation had not. It extended the ceasefire, reopened a path back to negotiations and offered the prospect of restoring stability to one of the world’s most strategically important regions.

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