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Jun 4, 2026, 8:08 PM

The Strategic Web of I2U2 and the Free Trade Push

Conceptual illustration: Leaders from India, the UAE, Israel, and the United States stand before a digitally connected map linking the Indo-Pacific, Middle East, and Europe, surrounded by cargo ships, rail networks, renewable energy infrastructure, and modern agricultural facilities. The image represents the convergence of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), the I2U2 partnership, and emerging free trade agreements aimed at strengthening supply chains, expanding cross-regional commerce, and enhancing India's role as a strategic bridge between Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Image: AI generated (Google).

India is fundamentally rewriting Middle Eastern diplomacy. The era of relying exclusively on isolated bilateral agreements has ended. New Delhi is now aggressively leveraging minilateral frameworks, specifically the I2U2 coalition comprising India, Israel, the United States, and the UAE,...

Daniel B. Birnbaum

Jun 3, 2026, 10:33 PM

From Brussels to Abu Dhabi

Israel Must Shift Its Strategy For decades, Israel has lived with a strange contradiction. It is located in the Middle East while trying, in many ways, to be accepted as part of Europe. It played in European sports competitions, sang...

Jun 2, 2026, 5:26 PM

IMEC as the Ultimate Insurance Policy

Conceptual illustration: A minimalist map traces the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) from India across the Arabian Gulf to the Mediterranean, with a cargo vessel navigating the foreground. The image symbolizes India's push to diversify trade routes, strengthen supply chain resilience, and reduce dependence on vulnerable maritime chokepoints amid growing geopolitical uncertainty. Image: AI-generated (Google).

The ongoing maritime disruptions in the Red Sea and the escalating conflicts in West Asia have exposed the severe fragility of traditional global trade routes. The Middle Eastern war proved exactly why the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, commonly known...

Jun 1, 2026, 7:17 PM

The Middle East’s age of permanent instability

For years, policymakers, investors and businesses approached Middle Eastern crises with a common assumption: however severe the escalation, stability would eventually return. That assumption is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. Just as Washington and Tehran appeared to be searching for...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 1, 2026, 8:03 AM

Macron’s Beaufort Blunder Reveals European Decline

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech next to the submarine 'Le Temeraire' (The Temerarious) at the Nuclear submarines Navy base of Ile Longue in Crozon, France, Monday March 2, 2026. (Yoan Valat/Pool Photo via AP)

French President Emmanuel Macron declared on May 29, 2026, that “nothing justifies the Israeli strikes conducted in southern Lebanon.” He called Israel’s operations unacceptable under international law. Forty-eight hours later, the Israel Defense Forces seized Beaufort Castle and the...

Shaike Komornik

May 31, 2026, 6:17 PM

AI in Conflict Zones: A Driver of Peace or an Accelerator of War?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the worlds of economics, science, and society. Yet its impact on international relations and regional conflicts may prove just as profound. In the Middle East, a region marked by security tensions, ideological rivalries,...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 31, 2026, 11:27 AM

Sánchez: The Head of Spain’s Corruption Snake

On May 27, 2026, agents from the Central Operative Unit of the Civil Guard stormed the national headquarters of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party in Madrid. They were searching for records tied to illegal financing, bribery, and an alleged...

Michael Laitman

May 27, 2026, 8:34 PM

Who Will Unite the Middle East and Why?

The Middle East is like a powder keg, filled with conflicts between nations and within countries, alongside natural resources and ancient cultures. What needs to happen for the region to become a paradise on earth? To be realistic, we must...

May 27, 2026, 3:49 PM

You Cannot Divorce Someone You Were Never Officially Dating

Conceptual illustration: Two figures engage in a discreet handshake within the dark shadows of an opulent palace antechamber, standing in stark contrast to the brightly lit, empty press podium behind them, symbolizing the hidden realities and quiet deals that drive high stakes geopolitical diplomacy away from the public eye. Image: AI generated (Google).

In August 2020, the United Arab Emirates announced it was normalizing relations with Israel. The world called it historic. American diplomats called it a breakthrough. Trump called it a miracle. The Abraham Accords, signed on the White House lawn...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 27, 2026, 11:18 AM

Europe Needs Israel to Join the European Union

Europe is careening toward strategic irrelevance as Iranian proxies tighten their noose around its southern flank and radical Islam spreads through its streets and no-go zones. Israel is the hard-power partner the European Union can no longer afford to...

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