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    <title>The Middle East’s New Firestorm: The Houthis, Saudi Arabia and the First Test of the Makkah Pact</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Hafijul Rahman</dc:creator>
    <description>The pact&#x27;s most important test may not be whether Pakistan and Türkiye enter the Yemen war, but whether the three countries can strengthen Saudi Arabia&#x27;s defence while preventing the conflict from widening.</description>
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The Middle East’s New Firestorm: The Houthis, Saudi Arabia and the First Test of the Makkah Pact

The Houthis warn Pakistan and Türkiye off Yemen. The pact's real test is containing the war, not widening it.

The pact's most important test may not be whether Pakistan and Türkiye enter the Yemen war, but whether the three countries can strengthen Saudi Arabia's defence while preventing the conflict from widening.

From the opening:
“The Middle East is once again facing a dangerous escalation. The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi movement has intensified, while the newly signed Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye is facing its first major test.”

By Hafijul Rahman, Freelance journalist, Bangladesh

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/makkah-pact-houthis-saudi-arabia-first-test

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    <title>Beyond Hormuz: How Saudi Arabia&#x27;s Oil-Route Redundancy Is Being Tested</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Seif A. Harrasy</dc:creator>
    <description>The East-West pipeline gives Saudi Arabia an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, but when one route fails, the remaining routes can become new points of vulnerability.</description>
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Beyond Hormuz: How Saudi Arabia's Oil-Route Redundancy Is Being Tested

The East-West pipeline, Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb are all disrupted at once. Saudi oil-route redundancy is being tested to its limit. By Seif A. Harrasy.

The East-West pipeline gives Saudi Arabia an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, but when one route fails, the remaining routes can become new points of vulnerability.

From the opening:
“Saudi Arabia built the East-West Pipeline during the Iran-Iraq War to reduce its exposure to a single chokepoint, serving as an alternative route to the Strait of Hormuz.”

By Seif A. Harrasy, MENA risk researcher, SOAS University of London

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/beyond-hormuz-saudi-oil-route-redundancy

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    <title>The Last Way Around Hormuz Is Closed</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Vikas</dc:creator>
    <description>Drones launched from Iraq shut the pipeline that carried five million barrels a day past the strait. Brent is above $107, the ten-year Treasury is at 4.97%, and the Federal Reserve meets on Wednesday.</description>
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THE LAST WAY AROUND HORMUZ IS CLOSED

Drones from Iraq shut the pipeline carrying 5m barrels a day past Hormuz. What is left, and why it lands on US Treasury yields.

From the opening:
“For six months, every analysis of the Iran war has rested on an unstated assumption. The Strait of Hormuz could close, and the world would still get its oil, because Saudi Arabia had a way around it.”

By Vikas

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/the-last-way-around-hormuz-is-closed

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    <title>Why Trump Can&#x27;t End the Iran War After the Midterms</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Vikas</dc:creator>
    <description>The Vice President says by January 2029. The theory of how wars end says neither of them controls the date.</description>
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WHY TRUMP CAN'T END THE IRAN WAR AFTER THE MIDTERMS

The Vice President says by January 2029. The theory of how wars end says neither of them controls the date.

From the opening:
“Something strange happened at the White House this week. Trump announced an end date for a war his own government started, on the same day his advisers told him it might not end at all.”

By Vikas

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/why-trump-cant-end-the-iran-war-after-the-midterms

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