by Hassan | Apr 15, 2026 | Politics
Nine centuries. One strait. Zero alternatives. For nine hundred years, a thirty-nine-kilometre passage between Iran and Oman has determined who controls global trade. In February 2026, that fact, theorised by historians, mapped by admirals, and systematically ignored...
by Hassan | Apr 13, 2026 | Politics
There is something quietly striking buried in Monday’s edition of Oman’s national newspaper. On page fifteen, columnist Zaher bin Harith Al-Mahruqi publishes a genuinely thoughtful piece about Gulf security — asking hard questions about what went wrong,...
by Hassan | Apr 10, 2026 | Politics
When Both Sides Call Muscat Buried in Thursday’s news cycle, easy to miss amid casualty counts and ceasefire maps, was a detail that deserves longer consideration. France’s president personally thanked Oman’s Sultan for freeing his citizens from...
by Hassan | Apr 1, 2026 | Politics
When Silence Becomes Complicity A Warning We Cannot Withdraw A Composite Voice Drawing from the contributors to The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump — ed. Bandy X. Lee, M.D. (2017, expanded 2019) “We wrote it as a warning. And in 2026, seven years later, we find...
by Hassan | Mar 29, 2026 | Politics
A ledger that keeps growing Across the Middle East, more than two decades of conflict have erased pieces of human history that took centuries and, in some cases, millennia to create. In Iraq, the 2003 invasion triggered the looting of the National Museum in Baghdad —...
by Raya Al Maskari | Mar 3, 2026 | Politics
By Land, Sea, and Diplomacy: The Sultanate’s Commanding Response to Regional Unrest By Land, Sea, and Diplomacy: The Sultanate’s Commanding Response to Regional Unrest From diplomatic rescue missions to securing citizens at home and abroad—a look at the...
