The Palestinian refugee issue has not been treated with the urgency it deserves in past negotiations. Palestinian refugees are actively involved in the conflict and can no longer be ignored or ...

The recent push by a number of Arab states to normalize relations with the Assad regime is based on the false premise that the war is over and it is necessary to restore ties to lobby Damascus to ...

With their harsh social policies, unbroken ties to terrorist organizations, and stiflingly narrow political rule, the Afghan Taliban have regularly ignored the pleas for change by the United States ...

Close observers of policy trends in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will notice that digital transformation and data governance are becoming vital issues in the region. Over the last decade, Gulf ...

On Jan. 10, the governor of Shabwa, Awadh bin al-Wazir al-Awlaki, announced its liberation from the Iran-backed Houthis after their forces were driven out of the districts of Ain, Usailan, and Bayhan ...

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said this week that President Joe Biden will consider reevaluating the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia after the latter’s decision, along with ...

The Soberana-2 COVID-19 vaccine is among Cuba’s most recent efforts at bilateral cooperation with Iran. Commonly referred to as Pasteurcovac in Iran, the jab was developed as part of a collaboration ...

Before World War I, America appeared a distant but vibrant and benign entity far removed from the conflicts and imperial contests of the old world. Through the late 19th and early 20th century, it was ...

The Dorra Gas Field, located in shallow waters offshore in the northern Arabian Gulf, lies at the junction of competing territorial claims by Kuwait, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. With the growing gas ...

Last week saw a flurry of diplomatic activity between Baghdad and Ankara. The top priorities in the talks that took place in Erbil, Ankara, and Baghdad almost simultaneously were oil exports, the ...

The second Trump administration has been pushing to expand the Abraham Accords beyond their initial signatories since coming to power. Progress on bringing in additional Arab states faltered while ...

The digital revolution has become a cornerstone of economic diversification efforts in emerging markets, particularly in countries seeking to reduce their dependence on oil and gas production. Among ...