Washington Politics
These 100 former US lawmakers have become foreign lobbyists
Many of them use their access to Washington to work for authoritarian states that want to influence our foreign policy
April 17, 2026
Many of them use their access to Washington to work for authoritarian states that want to influence our foreign policy
Muscat is the only Gulf capital that has remained friendly with Tehran throughout the war. There is a reason for that, and why those relations will persist.
They may not have the ability to stop the Iran war, but leaders from Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, meeting in Islamabad, are going to try
GCC countries have taken the brunt of the Iranian response, but they've remained on the sidelines — for now
The Yemeni Ansarullah militants say they targeted Israel in their first attack since the war on Iran began Feb. 28
Two weeks of escalation have all but eliminated the possibility of a detente in the Persian Gulf
