Policy Analysis

On an evening during Ramadan in 2012, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (MbZ) asked a group of statesmen, including sheikhs from al-Nahyan , intellectuals, and newspaper writers: “What if the UAE was attacked in its own backyard? What if Abu Dhabi is targeted by military action

The fact that American rather than Russian mediation helped broker a major Middle East peace agreement is a blow to Putin’s ongoing quest for restored great-power status.

As technocrats increasingly fill key government roles, U.S. officials need to help Baghdad withstand the inevitable counterpunch from political and militia factions used to dictating such appointments.

Selling the advanced U.S. jet to a foreign government ought to signal the highest confidence in that country’s warfighting capabilities, decisionmaking on the use of force, and commitment to protecting sensitive technology, but the UAE’s record on each of these issues is mixed.

The combination of new demand projections, green consumer trends, pandemic-related shifts, and other factors may not spell the end of Middle Eastern oil economies quite yet, but it is the first draft of their obituary.

To strengthen Iraq’s capacity for resisting militia and foreign influence, Washington should keep supporting the campaign to remake the military one commander at a time.

دیپلمات‌ها و کارشناسان پیشین، درباره گام‌هایی که هرکدام از طرف‌ها پس از مراسم تاریخی امضای توافق در کاخ سفید باید بردارند، و نیز نحوه جذب فلسطینیان و بازیگران دیگر به جمع فعلی بحث می‌کنند.

The Palestinian issue has become far less of a priority for most Arab states, who now tend to see Israel as a bulwark against regional threats and a partner on urgent health, water, and food-security needs.

اعلام توافق صلح میان اسرائیل و بحرین، حاکی از آن است که مقامات این پادشاهی که جزیره‌ای در خلیج است، ارزیابی تازه‌ای از میزان خطر مخالفت اکثریت شیعه خود و جامعه سنی این کشور به دست آورده‌اند.

همزمانی نشست واشنگتن بین ایالات متحده و قطر با مراسم رسمی امضای توافقنامه عادی‌سازی روابط بین اسرائیل و امارات متحده عربی، فرصتی بی‌نظیر برای حل اختلاف بین متحدان آمریکا ایجاد می‌کند.

In the weeks since U.S., Emirati, and Israeli leaders announced a historic normalization agreement on August 13, Qatari media has leveled major criticism of the deal. Yet the motivations for this criticism seem to reflect direct competition between Qatar and the UAE as much as genuine critique. The direct competition

In 1992, as I watched the celebrations for the inauguration of al-Tabiqayn Bridge in Baghdad (formerly, al-Qa’id Bridge) on Al-Shabab Television, I turned to my wife and said: “wouldn’t it have been better for us if the cost of this bridge had been spent on better flour for us to

Continuing the status quo—a large American presence, but uncertain American commitment—would be a high-cost, high-risk, low-reward approach.

Skillful U.S. and Arab diplomacy could use normalization and the accompanying annexation freeze as a base for renewed momentum toward an eventual two-state solution.

Putin’s Russia and the West have never shared the same goals or threat perceptions regarding terrorism and other regional issues, so Washington should craft its Syria policy accordingly.

Netanyahu’s strategy of bypassing the intractable Palestinian issue has paid substantial dividends worldwide, but a peace treaty ‘domino effect’ is unlikely in the near term given various calculations in Riyadh and other Arab capitals.

Recent developments in Syria indicate that the jihadi movement is splitting once again, as a prominent ideologue begins to form a third pole at odds with both al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.

از سال ۲۰۱۵، جامعه جهانی به‌روشنی ابراز تمایل کرده است که فاجعه انسانی در یمن را متوقف سازد و خواستار پایان دادن به جنگ ویرانگر و رنج مردم یمن است.

برای جلوگیری از گسترش نفوذ این دو رقیب در شرق سوریه، ائتلاف باید از تفرقه نهفته میان آن‌ها بهره‌برداری کند، شرکای خود را در منطقه توانمند سازد، و پیوندهای محکم‌تری با دست‌چینی از رهبران قبیله‌ای و محلی برقرار کند.

An impactful global election is on its way amid mounting tensions between the United States and China, with the seat for Director-General of The World Trade Organization (WTO) up for reelection. The last day for its current head—Director-General Roberto Azevedo—was August 31, marking an early end to his term. Geopolitical