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Unexpected Diplomatic Crisis between Saudi Arabia and Canada over Human Rig...
GeopoliticsOn Monday Saudi Arabia abruptly announced a freeze of all trade and economic...

Hodeidah Battle’s Regional Extension: A New Complication to Peace in Yeme...
GeopoliticsAfter over a month of ruinous fighting for Yemen’s vital Hodeidah seaport...

Civil Unrest Complicates New Government Formation in Iraq
Politics & GovernanceProtests that started in the southern Iraqi city of Basra have since expanded...

Review of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s Efforts to Introduce a Value...
Economy & InnovationUndertaking efforts to diversify their economies away from a reliance on oil, and in response...

Closing the Strait of Hormuz: Empty Threat or Imminent Reality?
Energy PolicyThe repercussions of the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the JCPOA and re-impose economic...

Implications of Erdogan’s Presidential Win on the Gulf Region
GeopoliticsToday, Turkey’s incumbent President Recep Tayyib Erdogan was sworn in as the ...

Saudi-Iranian OPEC Compromise Brings Hope for Lower Oil Prices
Energy PolicyLast Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump agreed with Saudi King Salman to boost ...

AQAP Exploits Social Tensions In a Changing Saudi Arabia
Politics & GovernanceOn May 31, 2018, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a regional Al-Qaeda...

Hodeidah can be Crossroads for the War in Yemen
Defense & SecurityUAE-backed Yemeni forces led by Tariq Saleh, nephew of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh,...

If the Iran Deal is Over, What’s Next for the Gulf?
U.S. – Gulf PolicyRecently, President Trump announced that the US will be withdrawing from...

Kuwait International Conference
Politics & GovernanceIraq must have a transparent budget for the reconstruction process...

New Dynamics: Egypt, Iran and the GCC...
GeopoliticsOman rejected the Arab consensus and considered the agreement one...