Saudi Arabia’s Rapprochement With Iran Was A Long Time Coming
Washington’s efforts to “pivot to Asia” have finally come back to bite it in the Middle East. Read More Here
Category: Middle East
India Ups Its Game in the Middle East
India’s response to the earthquake emergency in Turkey and Syria is not just humanitarian. It’s strategic. Read More Here
The Arab World at an Inflection Point
The region’s leaderships are making a set of strategic choices as consequential as the ones their predecessors made earlier, and it has an opportunity to make much better strategic choices than it made in the past, and there are signs it is beginning to do so—but not in every case. Read More Here
Washington Is Oblivious To The Importance Of Saudi Reforms
The kingdom’s transformation has huge implications for the United States and Middle East. Read More Here
The Middle East In A Multipolar Era
Why America’s Allies Are Flirting With Russia and China. Read More Here
Secretive Gulf Family’s $300 Billion Fortune Is About More Than Oil
The Al Nahyan family owns Manchester City Football Club, a dozen or so palaces and invested big in SpaceX and Savage X Fenty. Read More Here
The Naked Ayotollah
The role of Iran’s Supreme Leader, based on a claim to embody the same infallible, divine authority as the Prophet Muhammad, contradicts centuries of Islamic doctrine. It is a wholly made-up office, and its legitimacy has never been more in doubt. Read More Here
How The Abraham Accords Changed The Middle East
The amazing point is that religion can serve as a unifier—bringing people of different backgrounds together—not a divider. Read More Here
What Does Muqtada al-Sadr Really Want In Iraq?
Like Khomeini and Khamenei, Sadr seeks to impose that which he cannot gain by consensus. Read More Here
China Strikes Back: Great Power Rivalry Has Come To The Middle East
The Middle East’s reemergence as an arena of great power competition between the United States and China is mainly reflected in the technological innovation field. Read More Here
