Iran

Iranian Nuclear Program: Tough Choices for the United States

Commentary

The future of Iran’s decades-old nuclear program is one of the most difficult foreign policy...

Iran

The Iran-Saudi Agreement is Not a Game Changer

Commentary

The China-brokered agreement restoring relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, announced on March 10, is...

Iraq

Dictatorship Without a Dictator: Iraq 20 Years After the Invasion

Commentary

Two decades after the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s statues in Baghdad and the dawn of...

Iran

Iranian-Saudi Normalization: From Hostility to Cooperative Rivalry

Commentary

Ties between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia are among the most complicated...

Iran

The Iran-Saudi Agreement is Not a Game Changer

Commentary

The China-brokered agreement restoring relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, announced on March 10, is...

GCC

Traveling Through History on the Forgotten Hejaz Railway

Commentary

Imagine boarding a train in Istanbul, and arriving in a city in the Gulf region...

GCC

Down, but not Out: Evaluating Russia’s Post-Invasion Record in the Gulf

Commentary

During the first year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Gulf region remained a...

Iran

Iran Cannot Solve its Azerbaijan Problem Through Intimidation

Commentary

On January 27, 2023, an unprecedented terrorist attack was carried out against the embassy of...

Iran

Iran in Ukraine: The Costs of Supporting Putin’s War

Commentary

For all the ways in which Iran has benefitted from its support of Russia’s war...

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...

KSA

Saudi Aramco’s U.S. Investments: A Win-Win Template for Bilateral Energy ...

Commentary

In recent years, many countries in the Middle East region have concluded that their continued...

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...

Iraq

Dictatorship Without a Dictator: Iraq 20 Years After the Invasion

Commentary

Two decades after the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s statues in Baghdad and the dawn of...

Iran

Iran’s Aviation Industry Is in Dire Straits

Commentary

The secretary of the Association of Iranian Airlines announced earlier this year that the price...

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

Economic Statecraft and its Role in Russia-UAE Relations

Commentary

“Economic statecraft” is usually described as a state’s use of economic tools to further its...

Iraq

Iraq’s Depreciated Currency Holds Consequences at Home and Abroad

Commentary

The steady devaluation of the Iraqi dinar against the U.S. dollar over the past three...

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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