Defense & Security

Yemen

The Battle for Marib Could Decide the Fate of Yemen

Yemen has been a fertile ground for conflict. Over the past six years, the Saudi-led...

Iran

Iran and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Preserving the Status Quo

Maysam Behravesh & Dr. Hamidreza Azizi

The disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, landlocked in the mountainous South Caucasus and predominantly populated by...

Yemen

Can Yemen’s Riyadh Agreement be Rescued? 

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council’s (STC) July 29 renunciation of its ‘self-rule’ declaration raised hopes...

Iran

Snapping Back on Iran’s Ambitious Military Capabilities: The U.S. Push to...

Gulf International Forum

A diplomatic defeat has arisen for the United States in Washington’s attempt to extend the...

GCC

Cooperation and Contention: GCC Efforts to Counter the Financing of Terrori...

Corina Simonelli

The financing of violent non-state groups is a contentious issue that has contributed to some...

Iran

 A New Age of Cyber Conflict for Iran? Increasing Capabilities and Incenti...

Anas Alqaed Gulf International Forum

Iran has been shaken by dozens of mysterious explosions and fires across the country over...

GCC

Tensions between Gulf States Destabilized Libya and Could Hamper Reconstruc...

Alessandro Bruno

The significant and ongoing presence of various international actors in Libya could further intensify, despite...

GCC

No Crisis is an Island: How the GCC Crisis Shapes the War in Yemen

Ibrahim Jalal

The popular analytical focus regarding cracks within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has primarily centered...

Yemen

Performative Humanitarianism: Saudi’s Aid Diplomacy in Yemen

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

On June 2, Saudi Arabia co-hosted an international donors conference with the United Nations to...

GCC

GCC States’ Security As the Council Turns into A Failed Institution

Dr. Khalid Al-Jaber & Giorgio Cafiero

Ever since the birth of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in 1981, motivated by the...

Yemen

A Battle of Hearts and Minds: The Growing Media Footprint of Yemen’s Hout...

Hannah Porter

Some videos in this commentary include content that the reader may find offensive or disturbing....

Iran

What is Going On Between Iran and the United States?

Ambassador Patrick Theros

A situation someplace between shadowboxing and Guns of August. On the one hand, the Secretary of...

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