Saturday, January 31, 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.

Lebanon on the Fault Line: An Economy Held Hostage by Other People’s Wars

Gabriel G Tabarani In the Middle East, military threats rarely remain rhetorical for long. When tensions rise between Washington and Tehran, oil traders react within...

Lebanon on the Fault Line: An Economy Held Hostage by Other People’s Wars

Gabriel G Tabarani In the Middle East, military threats rarely...

More Cannons, Fewer Classrooms: The World’s Dangerous Addiction to Military Spending

Gabriel G Tabarani The global economy is no longer being...

Gaza and the Perils of Presidential Overreach

Gabriel G Tabarani By any recent standard, American diplomacy in...

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the Quiet Remaking of the Middle East

Gabriel G Tabarani A familiar storyline is taking hold in...

Pakistan’s Middle East Gamble

Gabriel G Tabarani Pakistan is quietly but decisively expanding its...

Iran’s Moment of Reckoning—and the Limits of Power

Gabriel G Tabarani Iran is once again in the grip...

Sudan Is No Longer a Civil War, It’s a Regional Power Struggle

Gabriel G Tabarani For a brief moment last summer, it...