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Pakistan, Mediation, and Regional Powers in Diplomacy with H.E. Muhammad Aamer | CIRS Long View, June 2026
Psychological Warfare in the Iran-US/Israel War with Zarqa Parvez | CIRS Long View | May, 2026
CIRS Newswatch | Europe’s Embarrassing Reckoning
“Strikes do not produce stable orders. They produce destroyed infrastructure, civilian casualties—like the strike on a girls’ school in Minab that killed 160 children—and the siege narrative the regime needs to suppress dissent.” – Gábor Scheiring
GUQ Newswatch | The Wars We Will Inherit
“This conflict has rewritten the rules of modern warfare in real time. It is a war fought as much through public perception, narrative, disinformation, and psychological operations as it is through missiles. ” — Zarqa Parvez
CIRS Newswatch | What is the Impact of the Iran War on Energy Markets (Including Renewables)?
“As time passes, demand is likely to react: people in the regions most affected by a drop in the supply of Gulf oil and gas, mostly Asian countries, will postpone or cancel non-essential travel, switch to local tourism, use public transportation instead of private cars, etc..” — Gani Aldashev
CIRS Newswatch | Pakistan’s Strategic Calculus: Why Islamabad Hosted the US–Iran Peace Talks
“By positioning itself as the broker of a global ceasefire, the Sharif administration could present itself not as the author of economic hardship, but as its solution, a government actively working to end a war that is driving up fuel and food prices.” — Misba Bhatti
CIRS Podcast: Iran, the US, and Israel in Context with Mehran Kamrava, March 19, 2026
The CIRS Long View: Understanding Regional Dynamics The Invisible Human Cost of the Hormuz Crisis | April, 2026
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Reconfiguration of GCC (In)Security Dynamics
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The Political Economy of Development in Sudan: A Historical View of Economic Relations, Trade, and Informality
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