Following the trilateral meeting in Tehran in December 2025, the central question is no longer whether Saudi–Iranian rapprochement still exists.…
Year: 2025
The Manama summit of 3 December 2025 felt less like a routine entry in the GCC’s long series of annual…
After two consecutive years of shocks across the Middle East, Iran now presents itself as a besieged state relying on…
Iran today is going through a critical phase—perhaps the most challenging since the signing of the nuclear agreement in 2015—after…
Omanis are suffering from a rise in the unemployment rate, which has become a prominent feature of the Omani economy.…
In May 2024, Kuwait witnessed a decisive turning point when the Emir of the country, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, issued…
By Ghazal Aryahi On the night of June 13, Tehran narrowly escaped a sweeping assault that, according to some estimates,…
In May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump conducted an official visit to the Gulf, during which several large-scale economic and…
Associated Professor at Grand Valley State University and Non-Resident Fellow at the Middle East Institute, Washington D.C. The defining turning…
While it is premature to declare Syria—under transitional president Ahmad al-Shar’ and his domestic and international backers—a genuine ally of…