Saudi Arabia
Riyadh’s Interests Align with Washington’s in Confronting Iran and Preventing the Regionalization of Great-Power Strategic Competition
Islamic Development Bank’s Top Shareholders Include the Governments of Iran, Qatar, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia
The Lesson of the MOU, as Gulf Governments Currently Read It, Is That the American Security Relationship Is an Input Into Iranian Strategic Calculations Rather than a Constraint Upon Them
The War, Thus Far, Has Produced the Inverse of What American Interests Needed in the Middle East
Burhan’s Government in Port Sudan Has Paralyzed Efforts Toward a Humanitarian Ceasefire, While Escalating Violence
A Consequential Fault Line in the Middle East Runs Not Just Between Riyadh and Tehran but Between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi
If the Sunni Islamist Party Emerges as a Major Political or Military Force, It Could Empower the Kingdom’s Own Islamists
The Most Significant Implication May Be What It Reveals About the Broader Collapse of the Gulf Hedging Architecture
When Saudi Forces Attacked Yemen’s Southern Forces, They Left a Vacuum Into Which Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Resurged
Recovery Will Not Be Simply a Return to the Old Model, Now That Gulf States Are Diversifying Their Energy and Economies
What Level of Iranian Degradation Is Sufficient to Produce a Settlement That Does Not Simply Reconstitute the Threat Within a Generation?
When Iranian Missiles and Drones Directly Threaten Saudi Territory and Economic Interests, Survival Instincts Prevail
The Abraham Accords Laid the Groundwork, but the Current War Has Forged the True Alliance, as Iran Attacks Gulf Cooperation Council States
Oil Storage and Fuel Infrastructure Have Sustained Damage, with No Short-Term Outlook for Restoring Exports to Pre-Conflict Levels
Riyadh Should Express Its Displeasure by Sending Home All Pakistani Residents and Workers
Well Before the Current Conflict with Iran, the Gulf Capitals Drew the Rational Conclusion That the Relevant Competition Is Now Among the Gulf States Themselves
Iran Intended Its Strikes to Pressure the U.S.-Israeli Operation to Stop. For Now, That Narrative Has Collapsed
