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Author: Ahmed Nabil

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Ahmed Nabil

Adjunct lecturer at the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, at Ball State University, IN, and PhD candidate at Wayne State University, MI.

Opinion

Populism and Self-Sabotage: Beyond the Weaponization of the Hormuz Strait

by Ahmed Nabil April 19, 2026 0

As war with Iran drives the weaponization of the Hormuz Strait, Donald Trump’s personalized foreign policy is testing whether populism can still deliver strategic... Read more.

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