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'Maybe I’m wrong, but I would see war coming to a theatre near us, regardless.' @SanamVakil in an interview with @IChotiner for @NewYorker on the latest developments in the Iran war and what will likely come next ⤵️ newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/w…

🚨 TOMORROW | Palestine, Jordan and Egypt ambassadors: On the future of Palestine @hzomlot, @ManarMDabbas and @Swelamiat discuss reconstruction, security, Trump’s Board of Peace, and more. 📅 5 October 🕐 13.30 BST 📍 @ChathamHouse Register now ⤵️ chathamhouse.org/events/all/…

'With only weeks to go until Israel’s pivotal October elections, [Gulf states] also retain a measure of hope that a change of government could open the way to more constructive engagement,' writes @KseniaSvetlova. chathamhouse.org/2026/09/can…

Both Beirut and Damascus have an opportunity to position their Mediterranean ports and transport networks as gateways between the Gulf and European markets in a reconfigured regional trading system, writes @renadmansour. chathamhouse.org/2026/09/new…

'All sides are hedging against diplomacy while preparing for renewed conflict. The war left the central dispute unresolved showing that Washington could impose severe costs without compelling Iran to concede, while Iran’s leadership survived but under serious economic and security pressure,' writes @SanamVakil via the @HooverInst. hoover.org/research/war-betw…

'This could become a protracted conflict, like the Ukraine-Russia war, and that would be an awful scenario for the region, as well as for Iran.' @SanamVakil in an interview with @IChotiner for @NewYorker ⤵️newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/w…

🚨 MONDAY | Palestine, Jordan and Egypt ambassadors: On the future of Palestine @hzomlot, @ManarMDabbas and @Swelamiat discuss reconstruction, security, Trump’s Board of Peace, and more. 📅 5 October 🕐 13.30 BST 📍 @ChathamHouse Register now ⤵️ chathamhouse.org/events/all/…

‘The [Iranian] regime will manage to endure until the negotiating terms are more favorable. What they won’t do is bend the knee to Donald Trump.’ @SanamVakil tells @IChotiner in a @NewYorker interview why another round of military conflict is inevitable⤵️ newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/w…

📢Thursday | Israel’s election: What will it mean for neighbours and allies? Experts discuss the foreign policy choices facing Israel’s next government. 📅 8 October 🕐 17.00 BST 📍 @ChathamHouse and online Register now ⤵️ chathamhouse.org/events/all/…

"تُسرّع أزمة مضيق هرمز عملية إعادة تشكيل المشهد الإقليمي، في وقتٍ يخطط فيه العراق وسوريا ولبنان لإنشاء خطوط أنابيب نفطية وممرات نقل جديدة. لكن قدرة هذه البلدان على اغتنام فرصة تنويع مساراتها ستعتمد في نهاية المطاف على إجراء إصلاحات شاملة،" يكتب @renadmansour. لقراءة المقال على منصتنا "كلام" ⬇️ kalam.chathamhouse.org/ar/%d…

"Yemen remains one of the least understood countries in the region. When the war broke out in 2015, there were only a handful of international journalists in Sana’a. Between 2001 and 2008, the international conversation was about what Yemen meant to Al-Qaeda. Then it became about Yemen and Iran, and then Yemen and Saudi Arabia – but never a conversation about Yemen itself." @almuslimi (@CH_MENAP) discusses his encounters with the Houthis in Yemen during the Arab Spring, and his experience covering Yemen as an analyst. Read the full interview in the autumn issue of @TheWorldToday, the international affairs magazine of @ChathamHouse. Article | bit.ly/4hx0Kus |

'The real war happens after that initial military operation and that’s where the region is now. The US is struggling to put the region back together so that it can maintain its influence over the Middle East.' @renadmansour speaks to @MonocleMag about US troops leaving Iraq. monocle.com/affairs/us-troop…

Over a million people – more than 15 per cent of Lebanon's population – have been displaced from the south in the past two years of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel, and Lebanon's government faces a long-term displacement crisis it can ill afford. Statements from Israeli officials suggest that up to 600,000 people could be prevented from returning if Israel does not withdraw from the 'Yellow Line' buffer zone, south of the Litani river. And this is unlikely to happen if Hezbollah refuses to give up its arms. Read @lemmanour's (@TheNationalNews) reporting for the autumn issue of @TheWorldToday on the challenges facing Lebanon. Article | bit.ly/3T34dHS |

📢 Upcoming event | Palestine, Jordan and Egypt ambassadors: On the future of Palestine @hzomlot, @ManarMDabbas and @Swelamiat discuss reconstruction, security, Trump’s Board of Peace, and more. 📅 5 October 🕐 13.30 BST 📍 @ChathamHouse Register now ⤵️ chathamhouse.org/events/all/…

'Iraq certainly has lots of gaps in its security architecture. But this specific mission leaving won't be the reason for a collapse.' @renadmansour speaks to @AJEnglish about the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq ⤵️

Washington's refusal to help defend Saudi territory is 'the biggest dismissing of the Saudi-American arrangement' in decades, says @almuslimi via @Reuters. reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

📢 Upcoming event | Palestine, Jordan and Egypt ambassadors: On the future of Palestine Three Middle East ambassadors to the UK discuss reconstruction, security, Trump’s Board of Peace, and more. 📅 5 October 🕐 13.30 BST 📍 @ChathamHouse Register now ⤵️ chathamhouse.org/events/all/…

'It's a legacy that's been very violent, very bloody, and it's still hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel of where this could go.' @renadmansour speaks to @CNN about US forces completing their total withdrawal from Iraq after 23 years ⤵️

As states and companies search for alternatives to Hormuz, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon offer potential alternative corridors connecting the Gulf to the Mediterranean and Europe, writes @renadmansour. chathamhouse.org/2026/09/new…

'Increasingly... there is a recognition [among GCC states] that any durable regional order will have to include Iran & that dialogue may offer a more realistic path to stability than continued reliance on an uncertain external security architecture,' says @NeilQuilliam1 via @The_NewArab. newarab.com/analysis/how-ira…