First, Saudi Arabia spent weeks denying its involvement in the death of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Then, Saudi Arabia changed its tune and admitted that they had killed him, …
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Why Qatar Is Seeking a Bigger Role in the West’s Middle East Strategy
The little Gulf kingdom of Qatar has found itself in the news quite a bit of late. Two stories in particular have been circulating fast through international media. The first …
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NATO Showdown: The Alliance, its Accomplishments, and New Methods for the 21st Century
Perusing through the official reports on NATO’s most recent meeting in Brussels, there was certainly no shortage of mixed messages. The official narrative on what the meeting was supposed to …
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High Crimes and Misdemeanors – Project Cassandra and the Obama Administration
A recent investigative report by Josh Meyer published by POLITICO alleges that the Obama administrations and Obama himself politically interfered in a global criminal justice operation —dubbed Project Cassandra— against Hezbollah. …
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The Middle East is undergoing major political shifts that come with significant opportunities as well as high risks. These changes in the Middle East are ongoing, and we don’t know …
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Prince Mohammad’s Arrival in Washington – A Milestone in a Long, Complicated Partnership
This week, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia is in the United States to meet with President Donald Trump. While many Saudi diplomats and officials regularly meet with …
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On May 14th of 1948, the modern state of Israel was formally established. Coinciding with the 70th anniversary of this event, the US Department of State announced that the American …
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2017 was a good year as far as the war against the Islamic State went. Rising amid the power vacuum created by the civil war in Syria and Iraq’s continued …
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To succeed, the administration has to balance competing imperatives: reaffirming alliances, engaging in transactional bargains with other great powers, and relentlessly pushing back on adversaries. Despite all the sound and …
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As if security experts needed one more thing to worry about… A frightening new threat could possibly have made its way to airports around the world. It’s been reported that terrorists …