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Saudi Crown Prince Prepares for a Washington Reset — With Trillions at Stake

Saudi Crown Prince Prepares for a Washington Reset — With Trillions at Stake

EXCLUSIVE EXPERT INTERVIEW -- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected to visit Washington this November according to sources cited by [...] More

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The Trump AI Deals in the Gulf: Measuring the Value Against the Security Concerns

The Trump AI Deals in the Gulf: Measuring the Value Against the Security Concerns

EXPERT INTERVIEWS – When the White House announced multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence deals with the UAE and Saudi Arabia earlier this [...] More

Trump's Mideast Wish List: $1+ Trillion in Investments - and Some Diplomacy Too

Trump's Mideast Wish List: $1+ Trillion in Investments - and Some Diplomacy Too

EXPERT INTERVIEWS - President Donald Trump embarks this week on the first scheduled overseas trip of his second term (the funeral for Pope Francis [...] More

Could Trump's Shocking Plan for Gaza Lead Anywhere?

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – As President Donald Trump doubles down on his idea of a U.S. takeover of Gaza, Arab governments are also doubling down on [...] More

Expert Q&A: The Gaza Deal — and the ‘Trump Effect’

EXPERT INTERVIEW — On the day the Israeli cabinet voted to approve the long-awaited ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, The Cipher Brief spoke with [...] More

The ‘New Middle East’ That Awaits Donald Trump

EXPERT INTERVIEW — Less than two months before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th U.S. president, the headlines from the Middle East are [...] More

How a U.S.-Saudi Deal Could Reshape the Middle East

How a U.S.-Saudi Deal Could Reshape the Middle East

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS — It’s a tantalizing dream for diplomats and longtime observers of the Middle East: A grand bargain that would [...] More

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Arab Autocrats Flex Muscles Against Their People - Yet Again

OPINION — Amid protests against the Israeli war on Gaza around the world, including on American university campuses, Arab autocrats from Jordan to [...] More

How the World’s “Middle Powers” Will Influence Future Conflict

OPINION — U.S. President Joseph Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met at the White House last week amidst a rapidly deteriorating [...] More

What's at Stake in Biden's Push toward Saudi-Israeli Normalization?

What's at Stake in Biden's Push toward Saudi-Israeli Normalization?

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — The Biden administration is reportedly taking serious steps to push forward with efforts to negotiate a deal that [...] More

Can Riyadh Leverage Failed Negotiations?

OPINION — Two months ago, the Saudis took unprecedented public steps to show the Houthis (and the world) they were serious about ending their [...] More

Saudi Arabia's Disengagement from Yemen Will Be Messy

OPINION — The logic behind Saudi Arabia’s latest diplomatic maneuver was clear. Riyadh faced a major threat from the Iran-led axis, and when the U.S. [...] More