• Policy Analysis
    QatarThe War on Gaza

    Israel’s Attack on Qatar and the End of Diplomacy

    Sep 30, 2025Nabeel A. Khoury

    On September 9, 2025, Israel attacked a Hamas delegation in Doha, Qatar, as it was meeting to discuss the latest US-brokered ceasefire proposal to halt the war…

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    QatarThe War on Gaza

    The Doha Emergency Summit: Outcomes and Regional Implications

    Sep 18, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    ​​On 15 September, the Qatari capital, Doha, hosted an emergency Arab and Islamic summit convened in response to the Israeli strike against the State of Qatar …

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    QatarThe War on Gaza

    Netanyahu’s War on Diplomacy

    Sep 12, 2025

    Hanna Alshaikh examines Israel’s attack on Qatar, exploring the motives behind it and its far-reaching implications.

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    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfDemocracy and Governance

    Fueling Instability: Hydrocarbons, Protests, and the Limits of Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Government

    Sep 12, 2025Nicholas Brumfield

    In late July 2025, large-scale protests against electricity outages, economic deterioration, and general mismanagement by Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Go…

  • QatarThe War on Gaza

    Striking a US Ally: Israel’s Attack on Qatar and the Erosion of Regional Stability

    Sep 9, 2025

    On the morning of September 9, 2025, fifteen Israeli jets carried out an airstrike on residential buildings in Doha, Qatar. Israel claimed the strike was a pre…

  • Policy Analysis
    QatarThe War on Gaza

    Striking a US Ally: Israel’s Attack on Qatar and the Erosion of Regional Stability

    On the morning of September 9, 2025, 15 Israeli jets carried out an airstrike on residential buildings in Doha, Qatar. Israel claimed that the strike was a pre…

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    IranDemocracy and Governance

    Political Divisions in Iran and the Uncertain Path to a New Nuclear Deal

    Sep 4, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    Some analysts have argued that the unprecedented Israeli and American June 2025 assault on Iran has created a “new regional order” in the Middle East. But what…

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    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and Economics

    OPEC Is Pushing Down Oil Prices Despite a Cash Crunch in Saudi Arabia. Here Is Why

    Aug 21, 2025Jim Krane

    Something odd is happening in oil markets. Demand is weaker than it has been in many years, yet OPEC+ is unwinding cuts and increasing production at a brisk pa…

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    Saudi ArabiaThe War on Gaza

    Saudi Arabia’s Response to Israel’s New Security Doctrine in the Levant

    Aug 14, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    In July 2025, Saudi Arabia and France jointly convened a high-profile diplomatic conference in New York dedicated to reviving momentum for a negotiated two-sta…

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    Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Saudi Arabia and the New Syria: Constructive Pragmatism?

    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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    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Palestine and the Middle East After the Iran-Israel war

    Jul 15, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    The Middle East in recent months has witnessed multiple military and ideological confrontations. Historic changes in regional power balances signal new strateg…

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    IranEnergy and Economics

    Coming to Terms with Economic Sanctions on Iran

    Jul 13, 2025Meriem Heni

    ​For more than four decades, Iran has been subject to wide-ranging international sanctions, first by the United States in 1979 after the Islamic Revolution and…

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