Tony Blair’s re-entry into Middle Eastern diplomacy casts a long shadow — not only over Arab governments, but over Keir Starmer’s Labour. In a moment defined by trust and transition, is Blair a broker of peace or a relic of a fading order?

The Israeli strike on Doha was more than a military operation—it is a strategic earthquake that has shattered decades of regional diplomacy and exposed a power vacuum the West may no longer control. The Arab League Doha summit, convened in the wake of the attack, may be the last chance to restore a sense of geopolitical order.