42nd GCC Summit: An Opportunity for Reconciliation
On December 14th, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will hold its forty-second annual summit in...
Beyond Stereotypes and Propaganda: A Look Behind the Rise of Social Media S...
This year, the People’s Choice Awards, an annual American award show that has aired since...
The Barriers Facing Gynecological and Reproductive Health Services for Wome...
After my first visit to a public sector gynecologist in Kuwait three years ago, I...
Fighting Terrorism in the Gulf is a Societal Responsibility
In the GCC’s forty-year history, its past experiences have taught the citizens of the Gulf...
Why the GCC States Embraced Reconciliation
In the ten months since the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)’s historic al-Ula summit, there has...
The Misadventures of Gulf Education Reforms
Public education in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since the 1980s has...
Formalizing a Middle Eastern “Cold War”
More than ten years after the advent of the 2011 “Arab Spring” uprisings, the original...
Renewable Energy and the Politics of Fossil Fuels
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is scheduled to be held in...
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Gulf: Unpredictability is not Policy
The buzz in Washington, DC Middle East think tanks and in Gulf capitals revolves, as...
The Pitfalls of China’s Top-Level Engagement in the Gulf
In the wake of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, there have been some fears in...
The GCC’s “Religious Tolerance” Masks Political Intolerance
Since their independence, the six nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council have each developed sophisticated...
China is Quietly Mending the Turkish-GCC Split
The recent climate of detente between Turkey and the Gulf appears to have had an...