Will the Caesar Act impact the UAE’s Syria strategy?
The UAE’s willingness to engage with the Syrian regime despite the potential negative implications may be thwarted by U.S. sanctions.
The UAE’s willingness to engage with the Syrian regime despite the potential negative implications may be thwarted by U.S. sanctions.
The Emirates have managed to frame suppression of domestic dissent as counterterrorism, and the U.S. says nothing.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz was in Washington this week asking for an upgrade to maintain Israel’s regional military edge.
Looking ahead, the misery in Yemen is set to increase, possibly exponentially, as COVID-19 keeps on transmitting across the country.
The blockade on Qatar is interfering with Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran, but his anti-Iran Saudi and Emirati partners won’t budge
What is being forged on the ashes of America’s legacy in the region is an ideational partnership between two countries run by strongmen.
Gulf monarchies’ interest in the eastern Mediterranean has been growing steadily in the past few years, bringing the rivalries between them ever closer to the heart of Europe.
Maybe it’s time for everyone to move on.
Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari lobbying money is flooding Washington, and in the process American policy has been knocked down for the count.
“Mohammed bin Zayed was willing to pick up the phone and talk to Bashar al-Assad of Syria, but he isn’t willing to do the same with the Qataris.”
Now that Turkey has joined the fight, is Russia looking to settle for a stalemate?
Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, hopes that the dangers of this disease could bring the six GCC members together have proven to be misplaced.
The United Arab Emirates and Turkey are locked into a regional power struggle that has fuelled conflict in Libya and could spark renewed fighting in Syria.
Ankara fears the risks of a geopolitical situation emerging in the Middle East and North Africa whereby the UAE, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia — along with the Syrian government, Libya’s eastern administration, Greece, and Cyprus — form an anti-Turkish front.
The coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout calls into question Gulf states’ ability to fund a brewing, costly regional arms race.
The Saudis have reason to try to distract from what’s going on inside the country.
Saudi Arabia recently announced a ceasefire in Yemen, and then immediately violated it. What’s next?
The UAE does not always share Riyadh’s and Washington’s perspectives on international issues, driving Abu Dhabi to take actions that sometimes veer away from Saudi and US foreign policy objectives.
In places like Tunisia, Algeria, Sudan, and Libya, the three countries have sought to stymie citizen uprisings, meddle in elections, arm allies, strengthen military rule, and wage disinformation campaigns.
History has shown that GCC member-states move closer together in times of international/regional crisis, even if major underlying differences between them persist.
As coronavirus continues spreading around the world, it is terrifying to consider what this pandemic could do to Libya and, given its porous borders, many nearby countries as well.