Content

In the News

Aug 2, 2017

Al Yahya Quoted in The National on Relations Between Iraq and Saudi Arabia

By Mohammed al -Yahya

Read the full article here.

Iraq Saudi Arabia

MENASource

Jul 28, 2017

Religious Tensions Underlying the GCC Rift

By H. A. Hellyer

The speed at which poor relations between Qatar and several Gulf Co-operation Council states escalated was astonishing. It was only a few weeks ago that the Qatari Emir had been invited to Riyadh as part of the grand “Arab-Islamic-American Summit.” But in the space of a few days, the GCC has faced the largest set […]

Saudi Arabia The Gulf

In the News

Jul 20, 2017

Alyahya Quoted in The Wall Street Journal on Saudi Arabia’s New Security Apparatus

By Mohammed Alyahya

Read the full article here.

Saudi Arabia

New Atlanticist

Jul 19, 2017

A Widening Gulf

By Owen Daniels

Qatar crisis creates a headache for the United States Nearly two months in, the diplomatic crisis between the Arab Gulf states is growing ever more complicated. The July 16 Washington Post report that cites unnamed US intelligence officials as claiming that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) precipitated the diplomatic row with Qatar by hacking Qatari […]

International Organizations Iran

New Atlanticist

Jul 18, 2017

A Question for Washington: Who in the GCC Finances Terrorism?

By Giorgio Cafiero and Daniel Wagner

Journalists in Middle Eastern media outlets have been engaged in harsh mudslinging ever since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, and Bahrain (aka the quartet) severed diplomatic and economic relations with Qatar in June over Doha’s alleged support for the Islamic State (ISIS), al Qaeda, and Iranian-backed militias in numerous Arab states. Although […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Jul 17, 2017

Qatar Crisis Gets Mired in Mixed Messages

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Mixed messages from US President Donald J. Trump’s administration and an apparent belief in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that they have the ear of the White House have exacerbated the crisis between the United States’ Arab Gulf partners, according to Richard LeBaron, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. The crisis […]

Saudi Arabia The Gulf

New Atlanticist

Jul 12, 2017

Al Jazeera in the Eye of a Storm

By Giorgio Cafiero

Al Jazeera, the first state-owned pan-Arab news network, means many different things to Middle Eastern governments and citizens. The Doha-headquartered network has provided Arabs with a style of reporting that was unheard of in the region before its launch twenty-two years ago. In 2011, Al Jazeera’s coverage of Arab Spring uprisings shaped history by promoting […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jul 7, 2017

Slavin Joins Al Jazeera to Discuss If Saudi Arabia Miscalculated in Qatar Feud

By Barbara Slavin

Watch the full interview here.

Saudi Arabia The Gulf

In the News

Jun 24, 2017

Hellyer Quoted in Reuters on Saudi Arabia’s Acquisition of Red Sea Islands

By H.A. Hellyer

Read the full article here.

North Africa Saudi Arabia

New Atlanticist

Jun 23, 2017

Iran and the United States’ Competition in Eastern Syria

By Giorgio Cafiero and Daniel Wagner

An official response to ISIS’ deadly twin attacks in Tehran on June 7, Iran’s medium-range missile strikes were a clear message not only to many in the region, but to Washington as well, that the Islamic Republic will not hesitate to respond decisively to forces hostile toward Iran. Iran’s strikes against Islamic State of Iraq […]

Iran Saudi Arabia

Experts