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Beyond Hormuz: The Sanaa Airport Strike and the Architecture of Iranian Proxy Power
By resisting international inspections, the Houthis and Iran are trying to secure the same type of unmonitored gateway that anchored Hezbollah’s power…
Jul 17
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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The Red Sea is Exposed
The Sana’a airport strike trapped Riyadh, secured Iran an un-inspected corridor, and is pretext for Houthis and Tehran to escalate in the Red Sea and…
Jul 14
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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Axis Week in Brief
The NATO summit names Russia a long-term threat, Iran buries Ali Khamenei, an Iranian flight lands in Sanaa breaching Yemeni airspace, Trump declares…
Jul 9
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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Why Saudi Arabia Went to Tehran Anyway
Riyadh’s presence at Ali Khamenei’s funeral is not what it seems.
Jul 4
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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June 2026
How to Understand the Memorandum of Undoing
A war that set out to undo Iran’s power ended by undoing its own objectives and easing the pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran before the final…
Jun 20
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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The War Outside the War
How the Iran ceasefire was shaped by U.S. domestic politics, Gulf pressure, and Tehran’s terms of survival.
Jun 16
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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Houthi Lane: Why the Iran-backed Houthis Resumed Their Attacks on Israel
A declared Houthi ban on Israeli navigation in the Red Sea, two missiles that did not land, and the reason for the timing. May 28 to June 9, 2026.
Jun 12
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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Olivier Le Cadre
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Chronology of Bad Listening (I): Satrapi's Radioactive Flashbacks
Beyond Persepolis: Marjane Satrapi and the Cost of Bearing Witness
Jun 5
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Olivier Le Cadre
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Iran's Most Potent Weapon Against Trump: Lego
A lesson in plastic propaganda.
Published on The Next Move
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Jun 1
May 2026
The Immunity Against Understanding Yemen
Reflecting on the passing of Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the former President of Yemen, a man both constrained beyond his power and limited within it.
May 30
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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Houthi Lane: An Ideological Hardening around Hajj.
Ideological Consolidation in the Spaces Between the Negotiations: The Religious Lectures, the Hajj Argument, and the Long Game on Saudi Arabia. May…
May 28
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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Olivier Le Cadre
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Houthi Lane: Al-Houthi Returns to Screen
Al-Houthi breaks 28 days of silence.The Houthi pressure campaign on Saudi peaks then cools. A Houthi fighter captured in Ukraine speaks; Houthi media…
May 21
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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Olivier Le Cadre
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