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picture alliance / via Reuters | Majid Asgaripour

Foreign and security policy

Ceasefire is a big word for backing down

With no agreement on core issues, the risk of renewed escalation between the US and Iran remains dangerously high

By Sam Kahn

picture alliance/dpa | Kay Nietfeld

Foreign and security policy

Bargaining chips of greater powers

As Berlin and Damascus explore closer cooperation, Syrian refugees are increasingly caught in the middle of political negotiations

By Heifaa Atfeh

picture alliance / Associated Press | Altaf Qadri

Work and digitalisation

The end of the Gulf model?

The war in the Middle East is exposing just how deeply the region’s economies rely on the systematic vulnerability of migrant workers

By Robin Frisch

picture alliance / Assiciated Press | Hussein Malla

Foreign and security policy

Southern Lebanon’s dark horse

As Israeli attacks intensify in Lebanon and the death toll rises, this hardline approach could ironically end up strengthening Hezbollah instead

By Merin Abbass

picture alliance / Sipa USA | Lev Radi

Foreign and security policy

Selective outrage won’t end the Iran war

The recent UN Security Council resolution condemning Iran offers a unified stance. But it also blurs the broader reality of the conflict

By Jayati Ghosh

picture alliance / Anadolu | Haidar Mohammed Ali

Foreign and security policy

Baghdad in the crosshairs again

Once hailed as stable, Iraq now faces renewed turmoil. Regional war is exposing deep fractures the state cannot contain

By Isabelle Werenfels

picture alliance / Middle East Images | Amjad Kurdo

Foreign and security policy

Turkey is playing it safe

As the Iran war reshapes the region, Ankara is trying to balance economic strain and security risks without being drawn into direct confrontation

By Evren Balta

picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Morteza Akhoondi

Economy and ecology

War at the world’s oil chokepoint

What is happening in Iran poses a deeper question for energy security: how much should the global economy depend on a single maritime chokepoint?

By Laury Haytayan

picture alliance / Xinhua News Agency | Ali Hashisho

Foreign and security policy

A spark in Tehran, tremors everywhere

The war against Iran brings the Middle East on the brink of disaster. How are people coping? We report from the region

By Ralf Melzer, Merin Abbass, Friederike Stolleis, Almut Wieland-Karimi, Astrid Becker

picture alliance / AP | Mohsen Ganji

Foreign and security policy

Where order once held

The strike on Iran has shattered the fragile balance in the Middle East. Europe will feel the impact from afar

By Muamer Bećirović