The Ideology Machine
Fatima Abo Alasrar, Olivier Le CadreThe Ideology Machine is an initiative that explores propaganda, ideological warfare, and authoritarian narratives in the Middle East, with a focus on political anthropology, ethics, and the intellectual traditions that interrogate power and obedience.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 63 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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Beyond Hormuz: The Sanaa Airport Strike and the Architecture of Iranian Proxy Power
This is an excerpt from my latest article published earlier today by the Stimson Center. Link to the full post below.
An Iranian airliner circling above a cratered runway at Sanaa is the clearest picture of what Iran is trying to establish...
The Red Sea is Exposed
Monday’s strike on Sana’a airport was aimed at an aircraft. A Mahan Air jet, sanctioned by the United States for ferrying weapons and personnel for the Quds Force, carrying the Houthi delegation home from Khamenei’s funeral. The plane diver...
Axis Week in Brief
The NATO summit names Russia a long-term threat, Iran buries Ali Khamenei, an Iranian flight lands in Sanaa breaching Yemeni airspace, Trump declares the Islamabad memorandum over. July 1-7, 2026.
Among this week's developments: a NATO sum...
Why Saudi Arabia Went to Tehran Anyway
Collage from different articles from Iran and Houthi state media.
“Saudi rulers... are disgraced and misguided people who think their survival on the throne of oppression is dependent on defending the arrogant powers of the world, on allia...
How to Understand the Memorandum of Undoing
It took less than four months for a war of absolute demands to collapse into an agreement of postponed decisions. During the conflict, President Trump declared that there would be “no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” and later...
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