Saturday, January 10, 2026

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.

America’s Return to 1898: Empire, Territory, and the Illusion of Control

Gabriel G Tabarani When John Kerry scolded Vladimir Putin in 2014 for acting in a “nineteenth-century fashion” after Russia’s invasion of Crimea, he likely assumed...

America’s Return to 1898: Empire, Territory, and the Illusion of Control

Gabriel G Tabarani When John Kerry scolded Vladimir Putin in...

America’s Debt Is Entering a Market Test

Gabriel G.Tabarani The new year begins with a subtle but...

Iran’s Axis of Resistance Enters 2026: Quiet Is Not Retreat

Gabriel G Tabarani As 2026 begins, a dangerous illusion is...

What 2026 May Reveal About the World We Are Becoming

Gabriel G. Tabarani As the world turns the page on...

Erdogan’s Moment—and Its Limits

Gabriel G Tabarani Recep Tayyip Erdogan has always governed as...

Saudi Arabia’s Cashless Shift: Economic Reform or Digital Risk?

Gabriel G Tabarani Saudi Arabia’s move toward a cashless economy...

How Economic Power Replaced Economic Trust

Gabriel G Tabarani As one year ends under the weight...