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Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

Fenton-Harvey

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey is a journalist and researcher who focuses on conflict, geopolitics and humanitarian issues in the Middle East and North Africa.

Local election results underscore the growing fragmentation of British politics as the two-party system weakens and Reform and the Greens fill the vacuum

11 May, 2026

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz marks a rupture in the post-1970s energy order, with consequences that may redefine how the global economy functions

29 April, 2026

Analysis: Orban's defeat in Hungary is a strategic blow to Netanyahu, and a test of how durable Israel's alliances in the European Union really are

23 April, 2026

In-depth: The war on Iran is the first major conflict to be traded in real time on prediction markets, and evidence about insider trading is already emerging

13 April, 2026

Political divisions and strategic dependence on the US have left Europe struggling to respond coherently to the war on Iran

14 March, 2026

Turkey's deployment of F-16s to Somalia marks a deepening military footprint in the Horn of Africa at a time of escalating Red Sea rivalries

19 February, 2026

What began as a quiet divergence between Saudi Arabia and the UAE now risks escalating into an overt struggle for dominance across the Horn of Africa

09 February, 2026

As right-wing populism reshapes Europe, the UAE is cultivating alliances and courting media figures under the guise of combatting political Islam

20 January, 2026

The Southern Transitional Council's lightning offensive in the south could entrench Yemen's de facto partition and risks rekindling the 10-year civil war

10 December, 2025

With the Quad mediation bloc split by rival agendas, and no meaningful pressure exerted on the UAE, Trump's push for peace in Sudan is unlikely to bear fruit

03 December, 2025