Thursday, October 23, 2025

How Iran Plans to Fight America And Dominate the Middle East

With the creeping possibility of a nuclear breakout, its vigorous sponsorship of international non-state armed groups, and its escalating...

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: from Balfour Promise to Bush Declaration: The Complications and the Road for a Lasting Peace

In the coming five to ten years, the highest number of key global security challenges will likely be concentrated...

Jihad’s New Heartlands: Why the West Has Failed to Contain Islamic Fundamentalism

by Gabriel G. Tabarani  "Jihad's New Heartlands: How the West Has Failed to Contain Islamic Fundamentalism" is a groundbreaking book offering...

AboutMe

Gabriel G Tabarani is a recognised expert on Middle East and North African affairs. He graduated from the French University in Beirut (St Joseph), specialising in Political and Economic Sciences. He started working in 1973 as a reporter and journalist for the pan-Arab magazine “Al-Hawadess” in Lebanon, later becoming its Washington, D.C. correspondent. He subsequently moved to London in 1979, joining “Al-Majallah” magazine as its Deputy Managing Editor.

Asswak Al-Arab

A monthly political and economic magazine, covering a wide range of topics, published in London by Asswak Al-Arab Publishing Ltd.

Over the course of fifty years, Gabriel Tabarani wrote thousands of articles, most of them in Arabic (Visit www.asswak-alarab.com). Below are some of the articles he wrote in English, which of course do not represent everything he wrote.

Reinventing Wealth: Oman’s Economic Crossroads

Gabriel G Tabarani Like many resource-dependent economies, Oman stands at a crossroads between its oil-rich past and a future defined by innovation and diversification. The...

Reinventing Wealth: Oman’s Economic Crossroads

Gabriel G Tabarani Like many resource-dependent economies, Oman stands at...

A New Axis of Assurance: The Saudi-Pakistan Defense Pact and the Post-American Gulf

Gabriel G Tabarani The Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA),...

Iran Between the End of the Turban and the Beginning of the Iron Fist

Gabriel G Tabarani Iran is approaching a hinge moment. For...

The Price of Bread and the Cost of Trust

Gabriel G Tabarani For decades, the Middle East’s rulers have...

The World Washington Made Is Striking Back

Gabriel G Tabarani When Washington struck a “framework deal” with...

Iran’s Dangerous Dance with Nuclear Ambiguity

Gabriel G Tabarani When Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed legislation...

The Gaza Cease-Fire That Everyone Needs — and No One Believes In

Gabriel G Tabarani* President Donald Trump’s new Gaza peace plan...