Since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran on February 28, 2026, the familiar language of Gulf diplomacy has…
Author: Adel Marzooq
Executive Summary The Gulf is no longer a space governed by traditional understandings or by the illusion of permanent harmony.…
The central question in Tehran today no longer revolves around how to circumvent U.S. sanctions or engineer new mechanisms to…
Following the trilateral meeting in Tehran in December 2025, the central question is no longer whether Saudi–Iranian rapprochement still exists.…
The Manama summit of 3 December 2025 felt less like a routine entry in the GCC’s long series of annual…
In May 2024, Kuwait witnessed a decisive turning point when the Emir of the country, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, issued…
In May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump conducted an official visit to the Gulf, during which several large-scale economic and…
While it is premature to declare Syria—under transitional president Ahmad al-Shar’ and his domestic and international backers—a genuine ally of…
The crisis in Bahrain has changed to a daily problem, in which dealing with it has become similar to dealing…
On the 7th of October, Hamas launched a large-scale attack on the Gaza perimeter fence area, where its militants succeeded…
The US President Donald Trump announced Thursday 13th of August a “peace deal” between the United Arab Emirates and Israel…
While constitutional articles clearly guarantee the affairs of the governance and the succession in both the Kingdom of Bahrain and…