Beyond Hormuz: Why Balochistan Matters to Gulf Energy Security
Adam DehsabziA conflict long treated as peripheral to Gulf security is becoming harder to ignore as...
Should Syria and Qatar Join the Mecca Pact?
Anas AlqaedThree years of cascading conflict have fundamentally transformed the Middle East’s security outlook. American weapons,...
China’s Technology Development Push Meets Gulf Diversification
Dr. John CalabreseChina’s “new quality productive forces” (NQPF) are often understood as a domestic effort to revive...
Riyadh Shifts Toward Minilateralism as Regional Threats Mount
Rayees Yousuf MirSaudi Arabia’s signing of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement with Türkiye and Pakistan on August...
Toward a New Order in MENA Regional Geopolitics
Gulf International ForumThis report is a byproduct of the workshop “Toward a New Order in MENA Regional...
The Mecca Agreement: Seeds of a New Regional Security Architecture
Dr. Massaab Al-Aloosy Themistoklis AsthenidisThe Middle East is entering a new phase in the evolution of its security order,...
The Gulf Looks to Ukraine as Global Conflicts Converge
Eugene ChausovskyThe war between the United States and Iran has entered another period of escalation, casting...
The World Cannot Afford Renewed War in Yemen
Alexander LangloisAs the United States and Iran continue their war in the Middle East with no...
The Gulf Needs a Strong Syria, Not Another Battleground
Dr. Khalid Al-JaberThere are moments in international politics when a legal or administrative decision reveals a much...
The Architect of Modern Qatar and a Champion of Gulf Cooperation
Dr. Mohammad Al-RumaihiStatesmen may pass, but their legacies endure in the lives of their people and in...
The Iraq File Left Out
Hiba AbdulwahhabWhen the United States and Iran returned to the negotiating table through Qatari and Pakistani...
The Case for a Gulf–Iran Non-Aggression Pact
Jesse MarksOn June 14, the United States and Iran reached a framework agreement to halt the...