Hatem Sadek

261 Articles

Opinion | Iran Wins Today, the World Waits for Tomorrow

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between US President Donald Trump and…

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Opinion | Beyond the Memorandum: The Hidden Fault Lines in the US-Iran Understanding

Hours after reports emerged of a memorandum of understanding between Iran and…

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Opinion | The Illusion of Peace: Lebanon Between Iranian Leverage and Israeli Calculations

Optimism has grown following the latest round of US-mediated talks between Lebanon…

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Opinion | Trump and Netanyahu: An Alliance Eroding Amid the Fires of War

“My hair is on fire.” This was reportedly how Israeli Prime Minister…

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Opinion | Netanyahu: The Strategy of Survival Through Chaos

Whenever the region appears to be moving closer to de-escalation, Israel intervenes…

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Opinion | Hormuz: The ‘Gold Mine’ Strait

The statement by Mojtaba Khamenei, the Iranian Supreme Leader, that “control over…

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Opinion | Tehran: The Final Manoeuver

Iran’s strategy of negotiated pressure–whether driven by intransigence or internal factional rivalry–effectively…

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Opinion | The Struggle over ‘Corridors of the Future’

The US-imposed maritime blockade on Iran cannot be adequately understood in isolation…

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Opinion | The Last Lifeline

The deadlock in the Islamabad negotiations threatens to drag the US-Israeli war…

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Opinion | The US-European Rift: How the Iran War Has Exposed the Atlantic Divide

The war on Iran has emerged as one of the key catalysts…

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