diff --git a/app/pages/regions/index.vue b/app/pages/regions/index.vue
index 0dcf7ef4..2556a0f4 100644
--- a/app/pages/regions/index.vue
+++ b/app/pages/regions/index.vue
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@
 
 import type { RegionSummary } from '~~/config/countries-meta'
 
+// Regions is a view of the Research Gallery now, so /regions (in every language) REDIRECTS there with
+// ?tab=regions-dashboard and old links keep working. The region and country detail pages (/regions/<slug>)
+// stay. Set USE_LEGACY_REGIONS_PAGE to true (inside the middleware) to bring this index page back.
+definePageMeta({
+  middleware: [(to) => {
+    const USE_LEGACY_REGIONS_PAGE = false
+    if (!USE_LEGACY_REGIONS_PAGE) {
+      // The locale is already in the path (/ar/regions -> /ar/research).
+      return navigateTo({ path: to.path.replace(/\/regions\/?$/, '/research'), query: { tab: 'regions-dashboard' } }, { redirectCode: 301 })
+    }
+  }]
+})
+
 const { t, locale } = useI18n()
 const localePath = useLocalePath()
 
diff --git a/app/utils/nav.ts b/app/utils/nav.ts
index 6ce27c96..44014b33 100644
--- a/app/utils/nav.ts
+++ b/app/utils/nav.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ export const SECONDARY_NAV: NavItem[] = [
   { key: 'Pray', to: '/pray' },
   { key: 'Adopt', to: '/adopt' },
   { key: 'Resources', to: '/resources' },
-  { key: 'Regions', to: '/regions' },
+  // Off: Regions is a view of the Research Gallery (/research?tab=regions-dashboard); /regions redirects there.
   { key: 'Give', href: 'https://giving.ag.org/donate/600001-6C2327?utm_source=direct_link' }
 ]
diff --git a/modules/region-routes.ts b/modules/region-routes.ts
index d24b799f..0f08df96 100644
--- a/modules/region-routes.ts
+++ b/modules/region-routes.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
     const prefixes = ['', ...ENABLED_LANGUAGE_CODES.filter(code => code !== 'en').map(code => `/${code}`)]
     const routes: string[] = []
     for (const prefix of prefixes) {
-      routes.push(`${prefix}/regions`)
+      // The /regions index is not prerendered when a route rule redirects it (LEGACY_REGIONS_PAGE in nuxt.config.ts).
+      const indexRule = (nuxt.options.routeRules as Record<string, { redirect?: unknown }> | undefined)?.[`${prefix}/regions`]
+      if (!indexRule?.redirect) routes.push(`${prefix}/regions`)
       for (const slug of slugs) routes.push(`${prefix}/regions/${slug}`)
     }
 
diff --git a/nuxt.config.ts b/nuxt.config.ts
index 83784361..577b4897 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -44,11 +44,20 @@ const marketingRouteRules = Object.fromEntries(
 // be a static glob); these rules just apply the marketing HTML cache policy
 // across all enabled locales. The former /countries URLs redirect permanently
 // to their /regions equivalents (same slugs) so old links keep working.
+// REGIONS IS A VIEW OF THE RESEARCH GALLERY: the /regions INDEX 301s to the gallery's Regions tab in every
+// language (the region/country detail pages stay). LEGACY_REGIONS_PAGE = true brings the index back: it
+// restores these rules and its prerender entry (modules/region-routes.ts). The page's own middleware covers
+// in-app navigation.
+const LEGACY_REGIONS_PAGE = false
 const regionRouteRules = Object.fromEntries(
   MARKETING_LOCALE_PREFIXES.flatMap(prefix => [
-    [`${prefix}/regions`, { headers: { 'cache-control': MARKETING_HTML_CACHE } }],
+    LEGACY_REGIONS_PAGE
+      ? [`${prefix}/regions`, { headers: { 'cache-control': MARKETING_HTML_CACHE } }]
+      : [`${prefix}/regions`, { redirect: { to: `${prefix}/research?tab=regions-dashboard`, statusCode: 301 } }],
     [`${prefix}/regions/**`, { headers: { 'cache-control': MARKETING_HTML_CACHE } }],
-    [`${prefix}/countries`, { redirect: { to: `${prefix}/regions`, statusCode: 301 } }],
+    LEGACY_REGIONS_PAGE
+      ? [`${prefix}/countries`, { redirect: { to: `${prefix}/regions`, statusCode: 301 } }]
+      : [`${prefix}/countries`, { redirect: { to: `${prefix}/research?tab=regions-dashboard`, statusCode: 301 } }],
     [`${prefix}/countries/**`, { redirect: { to: `${prefix}/regions/**`, statusCode: 301 } }]
   ])
 )