Coronavirus Infects More than Health in the Gulf: Implications for Oil Mark...
Energy & EnvironmentWhile it may initially have been covered as a Chinese outbreak, the implications of the...
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...