IMEC

June 15, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi, Sinan Ciddi

Turkey’s Hejaz Railway Revival Is a Bid To Undermine Israel’s Regional Role

 A railway originally built by the Ottoman Empire to project power across the Arab world is receiving a second lease on life as Turkey launches its latest bid to become the Middle East’s logistics...

May 11, 2026 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s corridor dream won’t beat IMEC – but it could still reshape Eurasian trade

War has a way of redrawing maps – not just political ones, but commercial ones as well. The outbreak of conflict with Iran has disrupted longstanding trade arteries linking Asia to Europe, from Persian...

April 16, 2026 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Crude new world: Oil markets will never be the same – regardless of how the war in Iran ends

Preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is a worthy goal in and of itself. But President Trump’s campaign against the Iranian regime carries far broader implications — many of them...

November 18, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Why Normalization with Israel Will Revive Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia risks irrelevance by tying its future to the failed Palestinian cause. Saudi Arabia is rapidly losing regional relevance, with Sunni rivals Qatar and Turkey encroaching on its traditional...

November 28, 2024 | Eyal Hulata |

After COP29, Israel and the Region Can Reaffirm the Abraham Accords Vision

Cooperation on climate change is both an environmental necessity and a proven means of building peace with Israel’s Arab neighbors.

November 5, 2023 | Cleo Paskal, Col. Grant Newsham

Seven ways China can benefit from the Israel-Hamas war

Serious aggression by China in Taiwan or elsewhere won’t be as shocking to those in the West given what’s going on.

October 27, 2023 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

What Happens to Gaza If Hamas Is Actually Defeated?

There could be a brighter future for the Palestinian enclave, but only if Arab and Western governments commit to helping to rebuild its cities and political leadership.