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If the Saudi pivot is a strategy, the Red Sea littoral is its primary theater of application; if the Abraham Accords represented a vision of an integrated regional order anchored in normalization and infrastructure interdependence, the Red Sea is where that vision encounters the structural obstacles to its realization.

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Contested Order: The Structure of End-State Competition in the Red Sea

February 1, 2026

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By allowing or facilitating the movement of radical elements toward the coast, unstable regimes in North Africa and the Levant gain a powerful bargaining chip against Europe. Their message is clear: “Fund our reconstruction and legitimize our rule, or the next boat to Lampedusa will carry more than just economic migrants.” Image: Iron boat used by migrants smugglers to arrive on the island of Lampedusa, Italy.

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How Post-Assad Chaos and North African Smugglers Collide

The Diplomatic Veneer of the ‘New Syria’ Began to Crack, Revealing a Security Nightmare That the West Has Spent a Decade Trying to Prevent

February 1, 2026

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reportedly has been in hiding since Israel's airstrikes began in June 2025.

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Khamenei Raises Specter of Regional War Amid Unrest at Home

Reports Indicated That Tehran May Be Willing to Give up Its Stockpile of Enriched Uranium to Prevent a U.S. Attack

February 1, 2026

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