Media Escalation Complicates GCC Crisis Mediation Efforts
GeopoliticsIn spite of months of intensified efforts to deescalate tensions among the Gulf Cooperation Council...
The Changing Same in Kuwait: New Cabinet, Persistent Challenges
Politics & GovernanceAs a result of internal disputes between cabinet members and the intense questioning of ministers...
National Defense Authorization Act 2020 and the Gulf
U.S. – Gulf PolicyAfter months of negotiations, the House and Senate committees responsible for drafting the National Defense...
GCC Reconciliation: Restoration or Reconfiguration?
GeopoliticsFor the first time since the Gulf crisis began on June 5th, 2017, strong indicators...
Saudi Aramco’s IPO: Challenges Facing the Kingdom’s Crown Jewel
Energy & EnvironmentLong-awaited finite details of what will be the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history...
Yemen Crisis: Relevance of STC Poses New Questions for Congressional Action
U.S. – Gulf PolicyWhen the 116th Congress left Washington D.C. in observance of the August 2019 recess, the...
New Allies, Antagonists and Realities: The Future of OPEC
Energy & EnvironmentThis month, OPEC and its allies (commonly referred to as OPEC+) agreed to extend a...
Between Sanctions & Survival: Iraqi Sovereignty amidst U.S.–Iranian Competition
GeopoliticsIraq has recently made ample evidence of the careful balancing act it must pursue between...
Candidate(s) Briefing: The Gulf & the First Democratic Debates
U.S. – Gulf PolicyWhile conventional political wisdom dictates that foreign policy is one of the last considerations voters...
A Veto Is not Enough to Get Congress and Trump on the Same Page in Regards ...
U.S. – Gulf PolicyToday, the United States Senate voted on a series of bills seeking to block an...
Two Years In and the Gulf Crisis Remains at a Standstill
GeopoliticsAs we reflect on the Gulf crisis’s fast-approaching second anniversary, it is indisputable that the...
Candidate Briefing: What a Joe Biden Presidency Could Mean for the Gulf
U.S. – Gulf PolicyFollowing much speculation, former Vice President Joe Biden has impactfully jumped into the Presidential race.