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Should the United States Include Israel in the Gulf Maritime Coalition?
Aug 21, 2019Joe MacaronWashington’s decision to include Israel in the US-led maritime Gulf coalition might expand the theater of conflict between Israel and Iran, weaken Gulf allies,…
- Policy AnalysisThe Arabian Peninsula and The GulfConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Changes in UAE Policy: Reasons and Motivations
Aug 20, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)he UAE considers this as the right moment to distance itself from confrontation, anticipating US-Iranian negotiations that might leave it to harvest the fruits…
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Confrontation in the Gulf: Unpacking Recent Escalations and the Prospects of US-Iran Talks
Aug 8, 2019August 8, 2019
- Washington Policy WeeklyIranSecurity and Defense
The United States’ Confused Iran Policy
Aug 7, 2019Marcus MontgomeryMarcus Montgomery disputes the Trump Administration’s repeated assertion that its “maximum pressure campaign” will bring Iran to the negotiating table and ques…
- Washington Policy WeeklyLevantSecurity and Defense
Are Democrats Alone in Challenging Saudi Arabia?
Jul 31, 2019Marcus MontgomeryBipartisan consensus in Congress on recalibrating US-Saudi relations has dissipated amid partisanship and apathy. As the Trump Administration moves forward in …
- Washington Policy WeeklyIranSecurity and Defense
Congress Deliberates US-Iraq Relations
Jul 17, 2019Marcus MontgomeryMarcus Montgomery discusses Congress’s deliberations with the Trump Administration about US-Iraqi relations. One of the important considerations is whether Was…
- Policy AnalysisIranRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Hard Choices Facing Tehran and Washington
Jul 10, 2019Daniel BrumbergIf the Trump Administration decides to adhere to a strategy of pushing for regime change in Tehran, Iran’s leaders might eventually embrace a fraught nucleariz…
- Washington Policy WeeklyBahrainRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Congress Has Been Deafeningly Quiet on the Bahrain Meeting
Jul 3, 2019Marcus Montgomerysince Jared Kushner convened his economic workshop in Bahrain last month, nearly every prominent member of Congress has been silent on the plan, signaling skep…
- Washington Policy WeeklyIranSecurity and Defense
How Congress Is Trying to Prevent Another Middle East War
Jun 26, 2019Marcus MontgomeryWith tensions escalating between the United States and Iran, Congress is trying to reassert its own war powers to prevent the Trump Administration from startin…
- Policy AnalysisIranSecurity and Defense
Iran: How Trump is Emboldening the Hawks and Hardliners
Jun 25, 2019Imad K. HarbUS hawks, their Gulf allies and Israel will see Trump's preference for avoiding military confrontation as capitulation.