For decades, the middle class has served as the backbone of stability in Arab societies. It is the class that produces the teachers, doctors, engineers, civil servants and small-scale entrepreneurs whose income allows local markets and businesses to flourish. However, since the turn of the millennium, it has faced successive crises, from the domestic upheavals… Continue reading Two Decades of Crisis Erode the Arab Middle Class

The October 10, 2026, attack on King Khalid International Airport, and the casualties it caused, reveal how far the Houthi threat to Saudi Arabia has evolved. Described as the deadliest attack on the kingdom in more than a decade, it marks the latest stage in a military transformation that began 22 years ago in the… Continue reading How the Houthis Built a Wider Arsenal

Gulf states today face a security dilemma that is less about their advanced arsenals or the foreign military bases on their soil than about the authority to make security-related decisions.  Who holds the power to decide when to wage war, when interests diverge and external guarantees are subject to the calculations of major powers? For… Continue reading The Global Security Forum: From Protective Guarantees to Self-Reliance