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    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The GCC States and the War on Iran: Rethinking Responses to Unwanted Consequences

    Mar 19, 2026Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

    Four years and four days after President Vladimir Putin committed an act of aggression by launching the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United Stat…

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    TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Turkey and the War on Iran: Between Opportunity and Catastrophe

    Mar 18, 2026Salim Çevik

    The launch of the US-Israel war on Iran did not surprise Ankara, but it did not please it either. Turkey, along with other regional powers including Saudi Arab…

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    Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Saudi Arabia Confronts the Israel–UAE Alignment in Somalia

    Feb 26, 2026Giorgio Cafiero

    Israel’s December 2025 decision to recognize Somaliland’s unilateral declaration of independence was of grave concern to Saudi Arabia. Riyadh sees Somalia’s te…

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    Regional Relations and Geopolitics

    A New World Order and Geopolitics in the Arab World

    Feb 17, 2026Muhannad Ayyash

    The current period is a crucial inflection point in world politics for many countries, including Arab states. It is today essential to ask whether leading Arab…

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    Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Constraint and Competition: Saudi Arabia’s Regional Policy in a Shifting Middle East

    Feb 17, 2026The Unit for Political Studies

    In a striking episode that captured the delicate intersection between domestic transformation and foreign policy, Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih pub…

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    EgyptRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Egypt: Partnering with Saudi Arabia on Security in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

    Jan 27, 2026Gregory Aftandilian

    Despite its extensive economic relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt appears to be hitching its wagon to Saudi Arabia in the kingdom’s dispute w…

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    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy

    The Trump Administration and the Fracturing Saudi-UAE Alliance

    Jan 21, 2026Giorgio Cafiero

    The historically close alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is under strain because of diverging strategic priorities and competiti…

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    YemenRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Israel, the UAE, and Yemen’s South: The Politics of Unlikely Alliances

    Nov 14, 2025 Giorgio Cafiero

    Having emerged in 2017 from Yemen’s Southern Movement, the Southern Transitional Council (STC) is the preeminent political and military force in southern Yemen…

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    LebanonRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Rumors and Risks: Lebanon’s Political Anxieties and Relations with the New Syria

    Aug 12, 2025Patricia Karam

    In May 2025, Syria’s transitional President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, confirmed that his government was in indirect communication with Israel, the first time the two s…

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    TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Moderation Without Transformation: Why Turkey Is Failing Syria’s Postwar Transition

    Aug 8, 2025Salim Çevik

    After years of investing in Syria’s opposition, Ankara is committed to see the emerging government in Damascus establish a functioning state that can restore b…

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    Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Saudi Arabia and the New Syria: Constructive Pragmatism?

    Aug 7, 2025Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

    A large Saudi business delegation traveled to Syria on July 23-25, 2025, and participated in an inaugural Syrian-Saudi Investment Forum at the presidential pal…

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    EgyptEnergy and Economics

    Sisi’s Foreign Policy Fails to Obscure Egypt’s Festering Economic Problems

    Jul 23, 2025Gregory Aftandilian

    Although Egypt’s economy has seen several improvements over the past year, namely a fall in the inflation rate and an infusion of external financing, it is sti…

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