Iran

Sanctioning Iran Has Reached its Limits as a Policy Tool

Commentary

Over the past decade, the imposition of comprehensive U.S. and multilateral sanctions remained the core...

KSA

Saudi-Israeli Relations No Longer Depend on Washington

Commentary

There has been a growing consensus within the American foreign policy community that the route...

GCC

China’s Gulf Diplomacy and the Future of Taiwan

Commentary

As tensions between China and the United States mount over Taiwan, Beijing has been actively...

Qatar

Qatar’s Role in Sudan’s Crisis: Limited Influence and Humanitar...

Commentary

On May 19, while Arab leaders were meeting at the Arab League summit in Jeddah,...

KSA

Saudi-Israeli Relations No Longer Depend on Washington

Commentary

There has been a growing consensus within the American foreign policy community that the route...

GCC

Perspectives: Turkey-Gulf Relations in Erdoğan’s Next Term

Commentary

Turkey and Saudi Arabia: A “Manageable Competition” Sinem Cengiz Non-Resident Fellow, Gulf International Forum; Research...

Iran

Iraq’s PMF Wants to Be Iran’s IRGC

Commentary

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran and the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in...

GCC

Slow, but Persistent: Russia’s Overseas Basing Strategy in the Red Sea an...

Commentary

Encapsulated between the Mediterranean and the northwestern Indian Ocean, the Red Sea has struggled to...

Iran

The Escalating Iran-Azerbaijan Tension: Impact the South Caucasus and Beyon...

Commentary

The deteriorating relations between Iran and Azerbaijan garner significant attention, raising concerns about the potential...

KSA

The Race to Net Zero: Saudi Arabia and the UAE Compete over Climate Action

Commentary

As one of the hottest and most arid places in the world, the Arabian Peninsula...

Iran

Iran-Saudi Agreement: In Search of Stable Oil Exports and New Relations

Commentary

The relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia has been fraught with tension for decades, with...

Oman

Geopolitics Grants Omani LNG a Lifeline

Commentary

The global energy crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one year ago has underlined...

Iran

Iraq’s PMF Wants to Be Iran’s IRGC

Commentary

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran and the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in...

Iran

‏Ali Shamkhani and the Purge of the “Old Guard”

Commentary

Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of the Iranian National Security Council, is widely considered a pillar...

Kuwait

Kuwait Parliamentary Elections: Rethinking the Meaning of “Opposition”

Commentary

As Kuwaitis prepare to go to the polls on June 6th for the country’s second...

Iran

North-South Transport Corridor: Iran-Russia New Railway to Circumvent Weste...

Commentary

After the United States and the European Union imposed extensive sanctions on Russia in response...

GCC

At the Crossroads of Asia, Uzbekistan Reaches Out to the Gulf

Commentary

For centuries, an invisible thread has connected what is now Uzbekistan and the GCC-member states:...

Iran

As the Rial’s Value Drops, Pressure on the Raisi Government Grows

Commentary

The value of the Iranian rial fell sharply in February 2023, decreasing from 440,000 rials...

UAE

Unpacking the UAE’s New National Human Rights Institution

Commentary

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) became the 19th country in the Middle East to establish...

GCC

How the Gulf Fell in Love with Turkish Cinema

Commentary

In 2022, “Bergen,” a Turkish biopic based on the life story of the namesake singer,...

Iraq

Iraq’s Perennial Electricity Problem and its Implications for Social Stab...

Commentary

The growing social unrest we see in Iraq today can be directly linked to the...

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