Regions

Policy Analysis
YemenEnergy and Economics
Houthi Red Sea Attacks Have Global Economic Repercussions
Apr 5, 2024Jim Krane
The Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping present a new phenomenon in geo-economic conflict: a non-state actor using asymmetric warfare not just to fight conventi…
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
An Insider’s View on US Weapons Sales to Israel
Mar 14, 2024
Josh Paul and Yousef Munayyer discuss US weapons sales to Israel during the war on Gaza. Paul is the former Director of Congressional and Public Affairs at the…
Policy Analysis
UAERegional Relations and Geopolitics
The UAE and the Red Sea Security Crisis
Feb 27, 2024Giorgio Cafiero
Despite the Israeli war on Gaza killing nearly 30,000 Palestinians, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has clung to the Abraham Accords, which it signed with Israe…
Policy Analysis
LevantEconomic Affairs
Gaza as Ground Zero for Israel’s Border Technology
Feb 1, 2024Heba Gowayed
More than a node in a global system of border apartheid, Gaza has become ground zero for Israel’s carceral and military technology that is marketed to other st…
Policy Analysis
YemenUS Foreign Policy
The Biden Administration Is Strong in the Red Sea but Weak in Gaza
Jan 24, 2024Gregory Aftandilian
After enduring weeks of regional tension, including Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and on American commercial vessels, the Biden administratio…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Russia and China on Gaza: Sidelined, Lurking—or Winning?
Dec 22, 2023Charles W. Dunne
It wasn’t that long ago that Russia and China seemed to dominate the Middle East, and the United States was on the brink of relegation to the sidelines.Russia …
External Readings
Palestine/IsraelEnergy and Economics
Israel’s Central Bank Governor Tries to Assure International Markets
Nov 21, 2023Barhoum Jaraisi
Last October, at a conference of the International Monetary Fund in the United States, the Governor of the Central Bank of Israel Amir Yaron sought to reassure…