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Saudi Arabia’s E-Commerce Boom: Why Traditional Small Businesses Risk...
Economy & InnovationSaudi Arabia’s digital marketplace is expanding rapidly. By the third quarter of 2026, the kingdom...
The Midterms Might Change Washington’s Gulf Debate, But Not the Relations...
U.S. – Gulf PolicyThe ongoing U.S.–Iran war comes at a pivotal moment for U.S. foreign policy. With the...
Beyond Hormuz: Why Balochistan Matters to Gulf Energy Security
GeopoliticsA conflict long treated as peripheral to Gulf security is becoming harder to ignore as...
Saudi Arabia’s F-35 Deal Is Taking Shape
U.S. – Gulf PolicyLess than a year after U.S. President Donald Trump publicly backed the sale of F-35...
Should Syria and Qatar Join the Mecca Pact?
GeopoliticsThree years of cascading conflict have fundamentally transformed the Middle East’s security outlook. American weapons,...
Trump’s War on Iran Runs Through Baghdad
U.S. – Gulf PolicySeven months into the war with Iran, the Strait of Hormuz remains a major point...
China’s Technology Development Push Meets Gulf Diversification
GeopoliticsChina’s “new quality productive forces” (NQPF) are often understood as a domestic effort to revive...
Pipe Dreams and Pecking Orders: Who Gets Priority When Gulf Bypass Routes A...
Energy & EnvironmentIn June, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation CEO Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah told an Atlantic Council audience that...
Riyadh Shifts Toward Minilateralism as Regional Threats Mount
GeopoliticsSaudi Arabia’s signing of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement with Türkiye and Pakistan on August...
Yemen’s Emerging Role in the Red Sea
Defense & SecurityOn August 4, 2026, the Yemeni Coast Guard (YCG) rescued the 14-member crew of the...
Iran’s Embassies Enter the Narrative War
Society & CultureAt key moments in history, embassies have stepped beyond their conventional diplomatic functions to serve...
The Mecca Agreement: Seeds of a New Regional Security Architecture
GeopoliticsThe Middle East is entering a new phase in the evolution of its security order,...