More: Yemen
Why is Iran meeting with Arab Gulf States?
KSA and UAE
differences on Syria and Yemen: Reasonable Differences or a Clash?
How the Media
Created an Impression of a Major Rift and Widened Misunderstandings
In recent
months,...
Yemen Conflict and OIC: The role of the powerful states
Authors: Muhammad Rizwan and Tajjalla
Munir*
Yemen is an important Muslim state located
on southern border of Saudi Arabia. It is situated adjacent to Red Sea, which
is...
War in Yemen: Enough is enough – what else?
The situation in Yemen has recently taken a bad turn both for Saudi
Arabia and its allies from the so-called “Arab NATO” - countries, which
formally...
UAE withdraws from Yemen: Managing alliances and reputational threats
A United Arab Emirates decision to withdraw the bulk of
its forces from Yemen shines a spotlight
on hard realities underlying Middle Eastern geopolitics.
The pullback suggests...
Saudis’ Yemeni headache won’t go away if and when the guns fall silent
These are tough times for Saudi Arabia.
The drama enveloping the killing of journalist Jamal
Khashoggi and the brutal way in which it was carried out...
Papal visit boosts UAE effort to redefine concepts of tolerance
The United Arab Emirates is projecting itself as a leader of inter-communal and inter-faith harmony with the first ever visit by a Catholic pope...
Saudi Arabia’s missile program
According to satellite imagery reported on by The Washington Post, Saudi Arabia is building its first factory to produce ballistic missiles. It is located at a missile base...
Exploring Saudi-Emiratis disagreements on Yemen
The Saudi-Emirati offensive in Yemen and bombing of innocent people in the country is some of the issues that have always been discussed between...
Shifting Middle Eastern sands spotlight diverging US-Saudi interests
A series of Gulf and Middle East-related developments suggest that resolving some of the Middle East’s most debilitating and devastating crises while ensuring that...
US Senate resolution potentially changes Middle East dynamics
A draft US Senate resolution effectively portraying Saudi policy as detrimental to US interests and values and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as “complicit” in the killing of...