Terms of use.

Vantage Middle East publishes country profiles, perspective archetypes, and current-events briefings under the editorial methodology described in the editorial stance one-pager. The terms below govern the use of that content and the structured API.

Content licence

Editorial content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You may quote, analyse, translate, and republish with attribution to Vantage Middle East and a link back to the source URL on vantageatlas.news. Substantial reproduction (entire country profiles, more than 30% of any single article) requires additional permission via editorial@vantageatlas.news.

API tier

The structured-data API at /api/v1/ is unauthenticated and CORS-permissive. AI consumers, research bots, and analytical clients are welcome to consume it under the same CC BY 4.0 licence as the human-readable content. Sustained heavy use should be coordinated via the editorial contact so capacity planning can keep up.

Editorial methodology

Vantage Middle East applies a descriptive-not-prescriptive editorial method: profiles explain why each archetype sees a situation as they do, without assigning blame on contested questions. Readers are expected to understand that profiles are archetypes, not individuals, and that the multi-perspective method works through the constellation of perspectives in each country library, not through pairing any single profile against any other.

Source attribution and corrections

Every substantive claim in published content is sourced. If you find a factual error, a misattributed source, or a claim that does not stand up to its citation, write to editorial@vantageatlas.news with the specifics; the platform’s correction policy is to acknowledge promptly and to publish the corrected version with a dated note.

No warranty

Content is provided as-is for analytical and informational purposes. Vantage Middle East does not provide investment, legal, or political advice. The site is not responsible for decisions made on the basis of its content.

Future updates

Paid-tier terms will be added when subscriptions launch (Phase 3). Existing readers using only the free tier will not be affected.

Contact

Questions about these terms: editorial@vantageatlas.news.

Last updated 3 May 2026. This is a Phase 1 stub; a fuller terms document will replace it before public launch.