Why Qatar’s rise to Major Non-NATO Ally is not the best way forward
We have a good friend in Doha. But this status comes with new weapons and technology and will further cement the US footprint in the region.
We have a good friend in Doha. But this status comes with new weapons and technology and will further cement the US footprint in the region.
Russia hopes to blow new life into a proposal for a multilateral security architecture in the Gulf, with the tacit approval of the Biden administration.
In just a few years, Doha has emerged from isolation and asserted its place in the region — and in Afghanistan.
Gulf states are likely to discover that they are stuck with a less committed United States. That reality will push them toward greater self-reliance.
The Saudi-UAE rivalry and the ambitions of their leaders make it unlikely that the two crown princes will look at structural ways of managing differences.
Subject to Donald Trump’s disinterest and erratic impulses, and confronted by ambitious adversaries, the United States is treading water in the Middle East.
The Covid-19 outbreak might serve as a moment to pause and realize how valuable regional Persian Gulf dialogue about health resilience could be.
The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout may rewrite the security as well as the political and economic map of the Middle East.
The global pandemic is entrenching long-drawn Middle Eastern geopolitical, political, ethnic, and sectarian battle lines.
Tensions in the Persian Gulf have caused longstanding U.S. partners in the region to reassess the pillars of their defense and security relationships.
To ease the anxieties in the Gulf Arab states, U.S.-Iran rhetoric needs to scale down. Gulf Arab officials should continue to urge restraint on both sides.