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The Hormuz Standoff: Global Energy Flow Severs After 'Epic Fury' Strikes

The Hormuz Standoff: Global Energy Flow Severs After 'Epic Fury' StrikesAs tensions in and around Iran proliferate, the narrow waterway between Iran [...] More

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A Path of Cooperation and Opportunity Between the U.S. and the UAE

A Path of Cooperation and Opportunity Between the U.S. and the UAE

The impressive string of world leaders visiting the UAE following the recent death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, made clear that the UAE plays an [...] More

Arab Street Resents the Abraham Accords

OPINION — Wednesday’s trilateral meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts from Israel and the United Arab Emirates [...] More

UAE-Israel deal serves bilateral relations, not larger issues

Cipher Brief Expert Emile Nakhleh is a retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service Officer and founding director of the CIA’s Political Islam Strategic [...] More

A Raw Deal for the Palestinians

Cipher Brief Expert Marc Polymeropoulos served 26 years in the CIA before retiring from the Senior Intelligence Service in June 2019. His positions [...] More

Giving due credit for the agreement between Israel and the UAE

Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist (including 5 years at the U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation) with the [...] More

One Foot In, One Foot Out: The Muddled U.S. Approach to the Middle East

Bottom Line Up FrontThe United States recently announced plans to remove two Patriot anti-missile systems from Saudi Arabia, which could be [...] More

Instability in Southern Yemen Exposes Rift Between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi

Bottom Line Up FrontIn late April, Emirati-supported separatists in southern Yemen declared self-administration, demonstrating further strains in the [...] More

Saudi Arabia Declares Yemen Cease-Fire Amidst Growing Domestic Issues

Bottom Line Up FrontSaudi Arabia announced a unilateral cease-fire in Yemen amidst growing concerns over the spreading coronavirus pandemic.Saudi [...] More

Geopolitical Fallout from the U.S.-Taliban Deal in Afghanistan

Bottom Line Up FrontThere are still questions surrounding the recent U.S.-Taliban agreement, including how Washington can pressure the Taliban to [...] More

No Progress in Yemen

Bottom Line Up FrontThe latest attack by Houthi rebels against Saudi oil and gas infrastructure involved ten drones equipped with improvised [...] More

Against All Odds: Democratic Progress in Sudan

Bottom Line Up FrontIn a region where popular democratic revolutions have repeatedly been marginalized or crushed through force, Sudan appears to be [...] More

Maritime Security in the Gulf

Bottom Line Up FrontAmidst escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf, officials from the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) recently met with their [...] More