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Turkey and Iran: The End of the Honeymoon?
GeopoliticsOver the past decade, Turkey and Iran have enjoyed several years of strategic partnership, characterized...
The Old Saudi-US Relationship Is No More. What Next?
U.S. – Gulf PolicyNo one appeared to have grasped in the early days after Biden took his oath...
If Washington Abandons Riyadh, Moscow is Waiting
U.S. – Gulf PolicyTwo seemingly unrelated developments that commenced in early 2021 – the US-Saudi brawl escalating to...
Securing the Bab el-Mandeb: Can Threats to the Red Sea Drive Regional Coope...
Defense & SecurityAs the negotiations to end the war in Yemen continue, policymakers on all sides must...
Why Iran’s Sixth Development Plan Failed
Economy & InnovationFollowing the end of the Iran-Iraq War, the Iranian majlis (parliament) has approved, implemented, and...
Foreign Support to Proxies Exacerbates the War in Yemen
GeopoliticsYemen is today one of the world’s most ill-fated countries. The ongoing civil war has...
Lavrov’s GCC Tour: A Sign of Russia’s Increasing Gulf Ties
GeopoliticsFrom March 8 to 12, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov travelled to the United Arab...
Kuwait’s Disunited Opposition Finds Grilling Ministers Its Only Way to Fight Back
Politics & GovernanceIt is well-documented in existing scholarship that Kuwait’s political system has been in a state...
GCC Engagement with Syria: Seeking A New Path
GeopoliticsThe conflict in Syria has turned it from a regional player to a new battleground...
Biden’s Problem in Yemen: The Houthis are Winning
U.S. – Gulf PolicyThe Houthi rebels currently feel emboldened in Yemen’s war. The Iran-aligned movement believes that it...
Why Biden’s Gulf Policy Will Not Disturb Russia-GCC Relations
U.S. – Gulf PolicyIt has now been two months since President Joe Biden entered the Oval Office. However,...
Ending Kuwait’s Political Crisis: Moderation and Electoral Reform
Politics & GovernanceAcross Kuwait, there has been much discussion in recent weeks about ways to end...