Newsweek Japan May 19th Issue, 'Winners of the New Middle East Order,' on Sale Now! Deciphering the New Era in the Middle East as Strongman Prime Minister Netanyahu Seeks to Weaken Arabs and Iran

Newsweek Japan May 19, 2026 Issue (Released May 12)

[From the Editor]

Recently, when I had a discussion with Middle East researcher Professor Megumi Ikeuchi of the University of Tokyo on Newsweek's YouTube channel, Professor Ikeuchi analyzed the new situation in the Middle East created by the US-Iran war, stating that "the status of the Gulf states, which showed their powerlessness, will relatively decline, and the surviving Iran will relatively rise." The mastermind behind involving President Trump in the attacks since February and creating this situation is Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This war is the culmination of Netanyahu's strategy, who has consistently denied Palestinian peace and aimed for the annihilation of Iran, which became the main enemy after Israel's complete victory over Arab nations in the Third Middle East War. However, if Iran "survives by fattening up," as Professor Ikeuchi points out, this two-and-a-half-month war will end in an ironic result. For Netanyahu, the main focus of his strategy will be to make it "a war to prevent that from happening," and this will be a key point in deciphering the future of the Middle East. In the May 12th issue's special feature, "Winners of the New Middle East Order," we thoroughly analyzed Netanyahu's long-term strategy, which he has envisioned since his youth, and who will be the ultimate "winner" of the new Middle East order. (Nagaoka)

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[Special Report] Winners of the New Middle East Order

Strongman Prime Minister Netanyahu's Plan

A New Era in the Middle East as Arabs and Iran are Weakened

Leader | Portrait of Netanyahu, Creator of the New Middle East Order

Geopolitics | Will the US-Europe Led World Be Dismantled by This Oil Crisis?

Newsweek Japan May 19, 2026 Issue Special Feature

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East Asia | Reasons Why a Female Successor is Inevitable in a Country Where Male Hereditary Succession Was Taken for Granted

America Will Lose to China in AI

Technology | Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Compete with a Public-Private Integrated AI Strategy?

[Periscope]

CHINA | Xi Jinping's Pitfall of Mass Purging Military Officials

UN | Is the UN Secretary-General Post the Most Unpopular in the World?

UNITED STATES | Will Trump's Anti-DEI Policies Negatively Impact Healthcare?

UNITED STATES | Nike Ad Looking Down on Citizen Runners Ignites Controversy

[Commentary]

Diplomacy | The Cost of Trump's Crony Diplomacy ── Brahma Chellaney

Perspective | How to Reduce Annoying Foreign Tourists ── Jae-Yeob S. Kwak

US Politics | The Republican Party's Gerrymander Grand Strategy ── Sam Potolicchio

Superpower Satire | Deciphering the Reality of 'Superpowers' Through Caricatures

Is the 'Lying Flat Phenomenon' a Conspiracy by Anti-China Forces? ── Lajiao & Tougarashi

Economics Explainer | Super Explanation of Economic News

The End of the Petrodollar Led by the Middle East Situation ── Keiichi Kataya

Help Wanted | America Seen Through Life Advice

Forced to Take Care of My Younger Brother by My Single Mother

World Cinema Notes | Tatsuya Mori's Personal Film Theory

The Exhilaration of Being Deceived by the Con Film 'The Sting' ── Tatsuya Mori

Anime in the World | The Current State of Japan Anime

Solving the Mystery of the 'Increasing' Conan Fans ── Naoshi Sudo

[World Affairs]

Trade | Trump's Tariff War Enters Phase 2

Obituary | The CNN Maverick Who Changed Reporting and the World Passes Away

[Features]

Report | The Reality Seen by a Battlefield Volunteer

[Life/Style]

Movies | The Fall and Rebirth of a 'Destroyer' MMA Fighter

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Actor | Talented Actor Challenges the Pinnacle of His Career

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Newsweek Japan May 19, 2026 Issue 'Winners of the New Middle East Order'

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