Bottom Line Up FrontThe April agreement among major oil producers to reduce global oil production has failed to stabilize world oil prices.Market [...] More

20 April, 2020

Intel Brief

20 April, 2020

Brad Christian

Middle East Soufan Center Saudi Arabia Intel Brief

MbS: The New Saddam of Arabia?

As Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) has terrorized his opponents at home and abroad, fear has spread within the Saudi kingdom. Has he become the new Saddam [...] More

01 November, 2018

Emile Nakhleh

01 November, 2018

Suzanne Kelly

As Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) has terrorized his opponents at home and abroad, fear has spread within the Saudi kingdom. Has he become the new Saddam [...] More

01 November, 2018

Emile Nakhleh

01 November, 2018

Suzanne Kelly

Middle East Emile Nakhleh Iran Policy Intelligence Saudi Arabia Iraq national security Security/Stability

View: Washington Is Outsourcing the Qatar Crisis

The Trump administration is outsourcing the Qatar crisis to Kuwait, banking on the Kuwaiti monarch to bring the months-long crisis to a close. But [...] More

03 December, 2017

Suzanne Kelly

Middle East Allies Reporting

How Kuwait is Surviving the Gulf Crisis

Next week, on August 2, is the 27th anniversary of the day Saddam’s forces stormed across Iraq’s southern border with the goal of annexing their [...] More

27 July, 2017

Lori Boghardt

27 July, 2017

Suzanne Kelly

Middle East Global Issues Reporting

The Latest

Bridging the Gulf: Kuwait Mediates the Latest Dispute

The ongoing diplomatic confrontation between Qatar and four Arab nations – Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt – has [...] More

26 July, 2017

Suzanne Kelly

Middle East Global Issues Reporting

Kuwait Sees No Benefit from Gulf Sqaubbling

With the dispute between Qatar and its neighbors nearing the two-month mark with no resolution in sight, Kuwait has stepped in as a mediator in an [...] More

26 July, 2017

Richard LeBaron

26 July, 2017

Suzanne Kelly

Middle East Global Issues Reporting

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