Geopolitics

GCC

COVID-19: Will it Make China Villain or Victor in the Gulf Region?

How does China emerge from the COVID-19 crisis having been pilloried as the source of...

GCC

Coronavirus Crisis: An Opportunity for Intra-Gulf Rapprochement

The Middle East is facing yet another threat to its stability, albeit, this time a...

GCC

Peace in Afghanistan: What is the Expected Role of the Gulf States?

While efforts to end the longest-running war in American history have primarily focused on actors...

Yemen

Aid to Houthi-Controlled Yemen to Be Cut Back Over Risk It Can Be Diverted

The world’s biggest humanitarian aid operation will be scaled-down next month in Houthi-controlled Yemen, because...

Yemen

Medical Flights Start from Yemen’s Sanaa in Diplomatic Breakthrough

Flights carrying patients needing urgent medical attention began from the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday,...

GCC

Media Escalation Complicates GCC Crisis Mediation Efforts

In spite of months of intensified efforts to deescalate tensions among the Gulf Cooperation Council...

Qatar

Perspectives on Resolving the Gulf Crisis at the Upcoming GCC Summit

A few days before the upcoming Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Saudi Arabia, there...

Qatar

GCC Reconciliation: Restoration or Reconfiguration?

For the first time since the Gulf crisis began on June 5th, 2017, strong indicators...

Iran

The Iranian Regime Battles Domestic Unrest

For the second time in two years, Iran’s regime has witnessed significant nationwide unrest in...

Iran

Turkey’s Relations with Iran and Iraq: It’s Complicated!

Succinctly stated, Turkey’s relations with Iraq and Iran, (the largest of its numerous neighboring countries)...

GCC

‘Neo-Ottoman’ Ambitions in the Post-American Middle East: Stake...

Officially, Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria has been about two major objectives. First,...

KSA

What Do Cracks in UAE-Saudi Arabia Relations Mean for Turkey?

The divergence between Abu Dhabi’s and Riyadh’s positions in Yemen, the UAE’s maritime talks with...

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