Gulf States
Is A New Middle East Forming?
While the region remains a powder keg in many ways, it is clear that regional elites are ready to focus on cooperation and development. A substantial amount of ink and...
The Gulf States Want in on Israel’s Iron Beam
Once Israel deploys the Iron Beam, its true capabilities can really be tested.
Arabia Incognita
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Centers of Power in the Arab Gulf States (London, Hurst) 406 pp., $42.50. In January 2015, the elderly king of Saudi Arabia appointed his twenty-nine-year-old son, Mohammed...
IMEC’s Road Ahead
As the global economic and geopolitical landscape undergoes a significant transformation in the 2020s, the intricate interplay of commerce, politics, and strategic ambitions across India, the Middle East, and European...
VIDEO: The Gulf States and Central Asia: Converging Foreign Policies?
The growing ties come due to shared religion and culture, alongside burgeoning trade, investment, and development initiatives from the Gulf region. This turn of events comes as a very welcome...
What Was Hamas Thinking?
It must be dawning on Hamas that it has made a serious mistake. A senior Hamas official said the group was open to discussing a truce with Israel, having “achieved...
U.S.-Gulf Vision 2040: Fully Integrated Gulf Security
Last year was a tumultuous one for the relationship between the United States and its key security partners in the Gulf. Each side was disappointed by the other, and the...
Bretton Woods 2.0: A Global Monetary System for a Multipolar World
Earlier this month, I had the privilege of participating in the conversations held in the various lounges and side events connected to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum...
Will Great Power Competition Divide the Gulf?
During his visit to Saudi Arabia in early December, Chinese president Xi Jinping attended the inaugural China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit. The summit focused on improving China-GCC relations and forming...
How Qatar’s Soft Power Won the World Cup
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 was historic. It was the first World Cup held in the Middle East, the first played in a majority-Muslim country, and the third most...
Will China’s Pivot to the Middle East Pay Off?
Chinese president Xi Jinping completed a three-day trip to Saudi Arabia on December 9 as part of an official Saudi-Chinese summit and a China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting. Meetings with...
The U.S-Saudi Relationship Is Overrated
“Enough is enough.” That’s what Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) said in response to Saudi Arabia’s push to slash oil production—a move that will jack up...