The Muscat Process: Making Dialogue a Security Capability
The hour after detectionGulf security is usually discussed in terms of deterrence, military capability, and external partnerships. All three matter. But when a crisis...
The Black Sea’s Quiet Shipping War Reaches NATO Waters
Seventy Miles Off Byala
At about 3am on 6 October, aerial and sea drones struck two Turkish-owned cargo ships some 70 nautical miles off the...
No Rear Area Left: How the Houthis Took the War Beyond Yemen
A drone strike on a Madinah power station did little physical damage. It confirmed something more consequential: the Houthi threat is no longer a...
Can a US-Backed Pilot Zone Bring Security to Southern Lebanon?
Two months after Israeli troops withdrew from the Lebanese village of West Zawtar, residents are living with a paradox: they have returned home, but...
Bab al-Mandab: Saudi Arabia’s Hormuz Escape Route Under Fire
On 4 October, Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, went on television from Saudi Arabia to announce a campaign to retake the...
The Blockade That Doesn’t Exist: How Europe Could Stumble Across Russia’s Kaliningrad Red Line
A Note About a Plan Nobody Has
On 30 September Russia sent NATO members a written note claiming it had information that the alliance was...
Can Le Pen’s Budget Plan Deliver a Smaller French State Without Deepening the Fiscal Strain?
French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally has unveiled a broad economic programme built around cutting public spending, reducing taxes,...
Did Trump’s America First Policy Weaken the US Ebola Response in Congo?
The Trump administration's “America First” approach to Ebola has shifted the US response in the Democratic Republic of Congo away from one of its...
Who Actually Decides the Nobel Peace Prize, and Can Trump Win It?
The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on October 9, putting renewed attention on one of the world's most prestigious and closely watched awards.
This...
One Year On, Why Has Trump’s Gaza Plan Failed to End the War?
A year after US President Donald Trump unveiled his plan to end the Gaza war, the conflict remains far from the political settlement Washington...