📣 MENA Strategic Bulletin: Trump’s Middle East Appointees From a real estate investor to a Baptist preacher, Trump’s Middle East picks are typically unconventional. Here's what to expect: azure-strategy.com/mena-strategic…

The rapid advance of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham in Syria has taken many by surprise. With Assad unlikely to go gently, there’s a high likelihood of a protracted struggle at a great civilian cost. Read our full analysis here: azure-strategy.com/mena-strategic…

🗓️Coming up in January: An Azure Strategy–Rapidan Energy Group special event on Trump 2.0 for MENA - energy, climate, and geopolitics. Contact details below 👇👇👇

'Azure' was yesterday's Word of the Day in The New York Times! The word has appeared in 55 articles so far in 2024. Can you use it correctly in a sentence? – I think I can! #NewYorkTimes #DailyWordChallenge #BrainTraining #AzureStrategy nytimes.com/2024/12/12/lea…

📢MENA Strategic Bulletin Special Edition: The overthrow of Assad. We unpack the consequences of a seismic week in Syrian history: azure-strategy.com/mena-strategic…

👉As Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham seeks international legitimation, Israel looks to take advantage of its moment of strategic ascendency. What's next? azure-strategy.com/mena-strategic… #Syria #HTS #Israel #Yemen #MENA #Geopolitics

MENA Strategic Bulletin: After more than two years of political deadlock, Lebanon has finally elected a new president. What's in Joseph Aoun's intray? azure-strategy.com/mena-strategic…

Unpacking the Gaza ceasefire deal: - Who will be released in the prisoner exchange, and when - What it means for humanitarian aid entry - Provisions for internally displaced Gazans to return home. azure-strategy.com/mena-strategic…

In this week’s MENA Strategic Bulletin, Kanz Majdalawi unpacks the consequences of Trump’s 90-day aid freeze for Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria #USAID #MENA #Jordan #Syria #Lebanon 👉 azure-strategy.com/mena-strategic…

Azure Strategy’s Political Personality Profiles analyse decision-makers using Margaret H. Hermann’s methodology – predicting how beliefs, values & past behaviour shape future actions. Ahmed al-Sharaa - Is his shift to ‘moderate’ leader genuine? azure-strategy.com/decision-maker…

Our latest MENA Strategic Bulletin analyses the prospects of the latest round of Gaza ceasefire talks, as well as bringing updates from Tehran, Damascus and Ankara. Full analysis here: azure-strategy.com/mena-strategic… #Gaza #MaximumPressure #TrumpMENA

Will Trump’s Gaza Plan Prompt Arab States into Action? Facing almost unanimous popular opposition to Trump’s Gaza proposal, Arab leaders are being pushed to think hard about a viable alternative solution :azure-strategy.com/mena-strategic…

For the first time since the second intifada, Israeli tanks are in the West Bank. What are Israel's intentions? azure-strategy.com/mena-strategic…

📣 Iran and Israel recalibrate while ceasefire holds In this week's MENA strategic bulletin, we assess the fallout from 12 days that put the region on edge. Full analysis here: azure-strategy.com/mena-strategic…