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Why the Qatar-Bahrain Rift Long Predates the 2017 Gulf Crisis
GeopoliticsOn the sidelines of the Jeddah Security and Development Summit, the Qatari Amir Shaykh Tamim...
Should Kuwait Revisit its Foreign Policy?
Politics & GovernanceKuwait, a Gulf country of 4.67 million people, has pursued a conciliatory foreign policy strategy...
The Regional Contest Over Iraq’s Electricity
GeopoliticsIraq has remained a contested geopolitical arena since the 2003 invasion. As Iran’s primacy in...
Iran-Pakistan Relations: Hopes and Fears
GeopoliticsFollowing the forced removal of former Prime Minister Imran Khan by the Pakistani parliament and...
The UAE-Iran Rapprochement: Causes and Effects
GeopoliticsEarlier this month, Anwar Gargash, a diplomatic advisor to the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) President...
Identity is a Central Factor in Russia-Iran Relations
GeopoliticsFive months after the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia President Vladimir Putin met...
The UAE, Russia’s Escape Hatch from International Sanctions
Politics & GovernanceRussia’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine that commenced on February 24 has provoked several...
The Iranian Conundrum: Analyzing Divergent Saudi and Israeli Security Dilem...
GeopoliticsWith Saudi Arabia opening the country’s air space to all air carriers, including Israeli flights,...
Pursuing A Precarious Peace: Examining the Turkey-Iran Relationship
GeopoliticsTurkey and Iran have a long, tumultuous, and, at times, contentious history. The border between...
Biden in Jeddah: Pursuing U.S.-Saudi-Israeli Alignment
U.S. – Gulf PolicyPresident Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East, and more specifically Saudi Arabia, has put...
Partner, Not Pariah
U.S. – Gulf PolicyOn October 2, 2018, a foreign citizen was assassinated by a foreign government in a...
History Rhymes: Comparing the Kennedy and Biden Policies toward Riyadh
U.S. – Gulf PolicyHistory does not always repeat itself but in some cases it comes close. Examining the...