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Bilateral peace talks between the U.S. and Iran in Pakistan were structurally flawed by excluding the Gulf states. If an agreement is to hold up in the long-run, it must incorporate the Gulf states and their interests.
Muhanad Seloom
Iran sits at the geographic center of a Eurasian project that China and Russia have been working on for years. Can U.S. military intervention effectively put an end to the emerging multipolar order?
Omar Aziez
Control over oil flows through chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz is redefining power in global energy markets.
Mustafa Al Zarooni
Israel’s strike on shared Iran–Qatar gas infrastructure marks a significant escalation in the conflict, with implications for regional stability, global energy markets, and the Gulf’s environmental security.
Mohammed Al-Hashemi
As the U.S.–Israel war with Iran spreads across the Gulf, the erosion of long-standing taboos against attacking water infrastructure could place tens of millions of civilians at immediate risk.
Mohammad Abu Hawash, Nader S. Kabbani
Israel’s expanding war in Lebanon is unfolding alongside a domestic crisis over who controls the country’s decisions of war and peace. As Hezbollah confronts Israel on the battlefield, the Lebanese state is challenging the legitimacy of the group’s military activities—opening an unprecedented struggle over the state’s monopoly on arms.