Afghanistan has lessons for the Gulf
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.
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 Tunisian president will probably look to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for support, and other Arab states such as Egypt.
Attempts at “adjustment programs” have been met with protest and younger generations are likely to hold their countries’ rulers to account.
The administration has been sluggish in its pledge to withdraw material support to the Kingdom and help end the blockade in Yemen.
New report finds that Iran is not ‘on the march,’ but among multiple powers, some US-backed, destabilizing the region.
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.
Their fierce competition for economic power in the region might actually smooth America’s exit from the stage.
Scholars weigh in on Eugene Gholz’s new paper, which argues that the countries in the region can keep their own powers and rivalries in check.
Far from withdrawing from the war in Yemen, the Emirates is pursuing a hard-line and establishing itself as a military power for the long haul.
The president seems fine with keeping the Middle East awash in US arms, one of many strikes against this $23B UAE deal.
The Saudi “Operation Decisive Storm” was anything but, and now the only way they can end this is through diplomacy.
A boon for weapons companies, the sale of F-35s, drones, and bombs is controversial but not enough to keep it from happening.