The Ideology Machine

Yemen Declared War on the Houthis. Can It Win?

What the PLC's new offensive faces on the ground, in the region, and in Washington.

Oct 4 • Fatima Abo Alasrar

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September 2026

The Houthis Have Found America's Weak Spot

By honoring a ceasefire with Washington while bombing Riyadh, Tehran's proxy is splitting the Gulf security architecture without ever formally breaking…

Sep 22 • Fatima Abo Alasrar

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Why the Houthi Capture of Mocha Matters Far Beyond Yemen

Saudi Arabia and the United States each expected the other to stop the Houthis, and neither did.

Sep 17 • Fatima Abo Alasrar

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July 2026

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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • Fatima Abo Alasrar and 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 • 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 • Jun 1