
Pompeo Meets New Sultan of Oman
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Oman’s new leader Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in...

مقتل سليماني: هل ذهبت الولايات المتحدة إل...
أدت غارة صاروخية أمريكية إلى مقتل قائد فيلق القدس في الحرس الثوري الإيراني قاسم...

The Killing of Iran’s Soleimani: Did the United States Cross the Rubi...
A missile strike killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds force in Iran’s...

National Defense Authorization Act 2020 and the Gulf
After months of negotiations, the House and Senate committees responsible for drafting the National Defense...

No Iran Solution in Sight
The September 14 attack on two critical Saudi oil infrastructure facilities has brought U.S. –...

Yemen Crisis: Relevance of STC Poses New Questions for Congressional Action
When the 116th Congress left Washington D.C. in observance of the August 2019 recess, the...

Between Sanctions & Survival: Iraqi Sovereignty amidst U.S.–Iranian Competition
Iraq has recently made ample evidence of the careful balancing act it must pursue between...

Candidate(s) Briefing: The Gulf & the First Democratic Debates
While 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 ...
Today, the United States Senate voted on a series of bills seeking to block an...

U.S. Pressure on Iran’s Energy Sector
U.S.-Iran tensions have the potential to roil the energy market, and along with it, the...

Candidate Briefing: What a Joe Biden Presidency Could Mean for the Gulf
Following much speculation, former Vice President Joe Biden has impactfully jumped into the Presidential race.

Congress Reacting to A Nuclear Saudi Arabia
Congressional attention toward the status of nuclear technology in the Middle East...