Middle East

The editor’s editorial

A democratic show called Israel

Free newspapers, independent judges, the right to protest, Arabs who can vote, and elections more uncertain than ever. These are just a few reasons not to turn a blind eye to the exceptional nature of a genuine democracy in the battered Middle East, where people are voting today.

Claudio Cerasa

27 OCT 26

An election poster in Israel featuring Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, on the right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the left – photo via Getty Images

The balancing act in Baghdad

Following the US withdrawal, Iraq is attempting to bring weapons back under state control without severing ties with Iran

Prime Minister al-Zaidi must convince Tehran that, for the sake of the country’s stability, the nature of Iranian influence needs to be redefined. Iraq’s dual challenge: containing the security fallout and managing the crisis on the diplomatic front

Ali al Mikdam

e Gisella Ligios

16 OCT 26

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi – photo: LaPresse

Un foglio internazionale

The Domain of War. An analysis by Nicolas Baverez

Whilst we wait, it is up to democracies to draw conclusions from the escalation of international tensions and conflicts

28 SEP 26

The New Middle East

Forget the Mecca Pact. Under attack from the Houthis, Riyadh turns to Tel Aviv

Bin Salman does not want to return to war with Yemen, but he cannot allow the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb to become permanently vulnerable. “The Israelis can provide a wealth of intelligence expertise,” says Eyal Zisser, lecturer in Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University.

Fiammetta Martegani

17 SEP 26

Middle East

New attacks in the Middle East. The US military warns Hegseth: “An unsustainable pace”

The US armed forces have struck an Iranian launch site that was attempting to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The regime has struck Jordan and the United Arab Emirates

31 AUG 26

magazine

Being settlers. What lies behind Israel’s front line

They are not found in high society; they do not turn the other cheek, and they are the harbingers of what we do not want to see.

Giulio Meotti

29 AUG 26

No one constructs negative stereotypes of the Turkish settler in Northern Cyprus or the Russian settler in the Donbas. Only the Jewish settler has become a malevolent figure (photo: Getty)

new regional agreements

Pakistan’s strategy to become a key player

The nuclear deterrent cements ties with Saudi Arabia and Turkey, without severing historical relations with China and Iran. In this way, Islamabad diversifies its external guarantors

Filippo Boni

26 AUG 26

on the high seas

What is the truth about the condition of the aircraft carrier Lincoln?

Trump’s statements on Iranian disinformation and the news of his replacement after more than 250 days on a mission in the Middle East. The families of the marines on board tell a different story

Priscilla Ruggiero

15 AUG 26

What is the truth about the condition of the aircraft carrier Lincoln?

The analysis

All the imbalances and manipulations in the conflict between the US and Iran

Tehran has built its strategy not on military superiority, but on the gap between the time of war and the time of politics. The sky above Tehran belongs to the United States. The Strait beneath that sky does not

Gianraffaele Percannella

29 JUL 26

the interview

“Trump must decide whether to go down in history as a loser.” Says Benny Morris

On Iran: The risk is that the US president will go down in history as a new Carter. “We’re not talking about hostages here, but about something much bigger: the survival of the Iranian regime, the threat of a nuclear Iran and global economic chaos,” says the Israeli historian

Giulio Meotti

25 JUL 26

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