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How the US and Israel are making the Islamic republic stronger
The war is feeding into a theological narrative of martyrdom and sacrifice that is helping maintain the Islamic Republic’s internal cohesion.
By Hossein Dabbagh
Source:…
This Is the Moment When the Houthis Might Enter the War
The region stretching from the Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea (Bab el-Mandeb) is undergoing a profound strategic transformation. These maritime corridors are no longer mere routes…
Why Movements and Parties Without Collective Leadership Gather Under One Individual’s Shadow and Collapse Quickly
Why Movements and Parties Without Collective Leadership Gather Under One Individual’s Shadow and Collapse Quickly
In modern political history, this has been a recurring pattern:…
Gulf Security Between a Fierce Conflict and the Price of Proximity
This war, as is well known, manifests as an intense geopolitical conflict led by the United States as a global superpower, alongside Israel, in confrontation with Iran, a dominant…
How Pashtuns Can Move Beyond Tribal Mindset and Become a United Nation
The greatest challenge in the social, cultural, and intellectual structure of Pashtun society is that Pashtuns are still bound by the chains of a tribal mindset. Tribal thinking,…
Pressure on Tehran: War, Leadership Divisions, and the Limits of Iran’s Partition
The ongoing war involving Iran, Israel, and the United States has entered a decisive phase. After weeks of intense air and missile exchanges, the battlefield dynamics increasingly…
The mindset of the Pashtun nation is not national, but largely tribal
When we examine the political, social, and intellectual condition of the Pashtuns, a bitter but important question emerges: Is the Pashtun mentality or psychology national in…
What it would take to end the Iran war
The termination of the US-Israeli war on Iran would require solid guarantees and a credible guarantor.
Source: aljazeera.com
On March 23, President Donald Trump…
Pashtuns Are Not Yet a Nation, but a People
In common speech and discourse, we often refer to Pashtuns as a complete and organized nation that is, as a unified nation. However, if we examine this issue from a deeper…
Locating Khorasan in Al-Mashriq: Harmonizing the Hadith of Khorasan with the Narrative of Al-Jassasah
Abstract
Topic: In Islamic eschatology, al-Mashriq (the East) is a region profoundly associated with the emergence of trials (fitan), peaking with the appearance of the Masīḥ…