Israel Shines in the Gulf Where Big Powers Falter, but That Could Prove Tricky
The Firefly, an Israeli-built loitering kamikaze drone, part of the Spike family of missiles that the Jewish state has sold to various European nations, may...
The potential dark side of the militarization of Gulf societies
The coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout calls into question Gulf states’ ability to fund a brewing, costly regional arms race. That in turn could not...
US Military Drawdown in Saudi Arabia Threatens to Fuel Arms Race
One thing is certain, the recent US military pullback from Saudi Arabia will fuel a brewing arms race in the Middle East at a...
“An outbreak anywhere is an outbreak everywhere”
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has become the articulate, compassionate political face of government competence in fighting a pandemic.
That’s quite an achievement for a...
Gulf Security: Arab Gulf States Have No Good Options
The United States faces a stark choice in the Middle East if it continues its maximum pressure campaign against Iran: confront the Islamic republic militarily or...
Pandemic threatens to drive wedge into US-Gulf relations
It is early days, but first indications are that the global pandemic is entrenching long-drawn Middle Eastern geopolitical, political, ethnic, and sectarian battle lines...
Middle Eastern juxtapositions: The phone call that never came
Populated by fluent Hebrew speakers, the Israel desk of Armenia’s foreign ministry waited back in 1991 in the wake of the collapse of the...
Dialogue of the Deaf Drives Escalating US-Iranian Tensions
The United States and Iran, acting on perceptions of one another that seem to be engraved in stone, are on a collision course that...
Saudi Arabia rolls the dice with bid for Newcastle United
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has rolled the dice with a US$ 374 million bid to acquire storied British soccer club Newcastle United.
If...
US-Saudi Oil Clash Sets Stage for Future Epic Battle
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) risk jeopardizing their relationship with the United States as a result of diverging interests that became...