The Manama summit of 3 December 2025 felt less like a routine entry in the GCC’s long series of annual meetings and more like a forced return to unresolved questions that had been deferred for too long. Gulf leaders met in Bahrain amid a…

After two consecutive years of shocks across the Middle East, Iran now presents itself as a besieged state relying on tactical defense and calibrated patience. Tehran is reorganizing its domestic and regional cards after a series of…

Iran today is going through a critical phase—perhaps the most challenging since the signing of the nuclear agreement in 2015—after European countries decided to activate the “snapback” mechanism within a time frame not exceeding one month…

Omanis are suffering from a rise in the unemployment rate, which has become a prominent feature of the Omani economy. Although the government has taken measures to address this problem, these measures remain insufficient. The labor force…

In May 2024, Kuwait witnessed a decisive turning point when the Emir of the country, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, issued an Amiri order suspending certain articles of the constitution and dissolving the newly elected National Assembly…

By Ghazal Aryahi On the night of June 13, Tehran narrowly escaped a sweeping assault that, according to some estimates, aimed to topple its political system and recreate the scene of April 9, 2003—when Baghdad fell to its adversaries…

In May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump conducted an official visit to the Gulf, during which several large-scale economic and investment agreements were announced, exceeding trillions of dollars. Within weeks, a direct military…

Associated Professor at Grand Valley State University and Non-Resident Fellow at the Middle East Institute, Washington D.C. The defining turning point in U.S.-Saudi relations can be traced back to February 14, 1945, when King Abdulaziz…