Adi Rosen
Trade & EconomyWriting interestsRegional trade, energy markets, the economics of normalisation
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Contributors spread across the region and the diaspora — each with a beat of their own, covering Middle East diplomacy with the depth it deserves.
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Breaking News
The hard-news desk — fast, sourced reporting on the stories shaping the region.
Layla Mansour
Peace & DiplomacyWriting interestsCeasefire negotiations, track-two diplomacy, summitry
Read articles →Daniel Roth
AntisemitismWriting interestsExtremism monitoring, community security, hate-crime data
Read articles →Marcus Whitfield
Culture WarWriting interestsFree speech, campus politics, Western identity debates
Read articles →Yael Bar-On
NationalismWriting interestsSovereignty, national identity, Knesset politics
Read articles →Tomer Avidan
Guest WriterWriting interestsBreaking news, field reporting, fast-moving stories
Read articles →BlitzSpirit
Heritage and resilience essays in the spirit of the home front — keep calm and carry on.
Edith Caldwell
Original SpiritWriting interestsWartime social history, civic memory, the home front
Read articles →Jonathan Pearce
ExplainersWriting interestsArchival research, plain-English history, context pieces
Read articles →Margaret Ellison
Blitz EchoesWriting interestsOral history, intergenerational memory, wartime Britain
Read articles →Henry Ashworth
Spirit TodayWriting interestsResilience, civic courage, community profiles
Read articles →Clara Bennett
Carry OnWriting interestsMorale, popular culture, the lighter human register
Read articles →Reuben Stein
Guest WriterWriting interestsHeritage, remembrance, the long view
Read articles →Cyrus Accords
Persian–Jewish heritage, the Cyrus ideal, and the long arc of Israel–Iran reconciliation.
Darius Kohan
The Cyrus VisionWriting interestsPluralism, the Cyrus ideal, Iran’s future
Read articles →Shirin Hakimi
Persian-Jewish HeritageWriting interestsPersian-Jewish memory, diaspora identity, heritage preservation
Read articles →Cyrus Nazarian
Conflict & DiplomacyWriting interestsThe regime and the opposition, regional diplomacy, sanctions
Read articles →Esther Yaghoubi
Guest WriterWriting interestsDiaspora voices, women’s stories, cultural bridges
Read articles →Abraham Accords
The widening circle of Gulf–Israel normalisation — diplomacy, security and trade.
Khalid Al-Mansoori
Normalisation & DiplomacyWriting interestsNormalisation diplomacy, Gulf–Israel ties, regional summitry
Read articles →Noa Friedman
Regional SecurityWriting interestsDeterrence, defence cooperation, air & missile defence
Read articles →Faisal Al-Rashid
Trade & ConnectivityWriting interestsTrade corridors, ports & logistics, cross-border investment
Read articles →Rana Haddad
Guest WriterWriting interestsRegional culture, business profiles, people of the Gulf
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Long-form strategy — the structures, treaties and balances of power behind the headlines.
Gregory Halloran
Great-Power PoliticsWriting interestsUS–China–Russia competition, grand strategy, the regional balance
Read articles →Avner Cohen
Security & StrategyWriting interestsDeterrence theory, force posture, escalation dynamics
Read articles →Amira Suleiman
Treaties & InstitutionsWriting interestsTreaty law, the UN system, multilateral institutions
Read articles →Daniel Okonkwo
Guest WriterWriting interestsComparative diplomacy, Global South perspectives, mediation
Read articles →Regional Voices
First-person and on-the-ground — how the region sees itself, in its own words.
Mariam Al-Sabah
Gulf PerspectivesWriting interestsGulf public opinion, generational change, regional identity
Read articles →Itai Ben-David
Israeli SocietyWriting interestsIsraeli street life, the start-up scene, social currents
Read articles →Rachel Goldstein
Diaspora DialoguesWriting interestsDiaspora identity, belonging, the Israel–diaspora bond
Read articles →Samir Khoury
Guest WriterWriting interestsLevantine voices, coexistence, minority narratives
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