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Strategic Ambiguity Is Becoming the Gulf’s New Deterrence Doctrine
In the Gulf, the most important signals are increasingly the ones no actor fully confirms.
For decades, Gulf security rested on a relatively clear deterrence...
Pakistan Sends Fighter Jets and Thousands of Troops to Saudi Arabia during Iran war
Pakistan has sent 8,000 troops, fighter jets, and an air defense system to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defense agreement. This move enhances military...
After the Iran War: Seven Dynamics That Will Define the New Middle East
Every major war in the Middle East has left the region permanently altered in ways that nobody fully anticipated at the time. The 1948...
How the Iran War Has Impacted Middle Eastern Countries
The war that started on February 28 with a major Israeli-U. S. bombing campaign against Iran has deeply affected the entire Middle East, causing...
Chinese Analysis of Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Hedging in the Hormuz Crisis
According to Chinese intelligence reports and military analyses in May 2026, the Chinese side (both military and academic) views Saudi Arabia's refusal to allow...
Saudi Vision 2030: Gains and Gaps in Women’s Empowerment
In recent years, the evolution of women in Saudi Arabia has become one of the most scrutinized aspects of the kingdom's reforms of recent...
UAE exit from OPEC raises stakes for trade ties with Saudi Arabia
The decision by OPEC member United Arab Emirates to withdraw signals a shift in Gulf energy politics and challenges the influence of the oil...
UAE Breaks from OPEC and OPEC+ in Major Policy Shift
The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it is leaving OPEC and OPEC+, which poses a significant challenge for these oil-exporting groups and...
Zelenskiy Visits Saudi Arabia to Boost Security Ties and Expand Regional Cooperation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Jeddah on Friday for his second visit to Saudi Arabia within a month. The trip comes as Ukraine...
Why The Middle East Crisis Cannot Be Read Through Power Alone
There is another way to read the ongoing Middle East crisis, one that makes legible what standard analysis consistently struggles to explain. It begins...