Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran had recently begun to thaw.
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Trump’s first policy-driven overseas visit in his second term will be the Persian Gulf. Trade, Tehran talks and possibly Gaza will be on the agenda.
Perception as a neutral country has helped Gulf state position itself as a crucial diplomatic player in Ukraine-Russia war. It also serve’s kingdom’s self-interest.
Is the much-heralded Israel-Saudi peace deal now dead? And how is Iran likely to respond? An expert in Middle Eastern politics explains
Yemen’s brutal civil war has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. But a recent Beijing-brokered rapprochement between two regional powers could unlock a path to peace.
US dominance over the international oil system has influenced the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The US has historically asked for international support when brewing conflicts in the Middle East boiled over.
The Trump administration may believe they have the key to an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement – when others have failed. But it ignores how Israelis and Palestinians feel about such an agreement.
With Iran and India on manoeuvres and the war in Yemen still unfolding, Pakistan’s stakes in the Middle East are as high as ever.
A kingdom under pressure is fomenting crisis elsewhere.
As a crackdown on Qatar goes off half-cocked, the world is worrying Saudi Arabia’s new order could be even more dangerous.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE led a group of countries that have severed all ties to fellow American ally Qatar over its foreign policy. The US will play a key role in whether it accedes to their demands.
The growing Arab military, political and religious influence is only the latest example of an external force taking hold in the Horn of Africa.
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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PhD Candidate in Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, UMass Amherst
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PhD Candidate, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Exeter
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University
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PhD Candidate, Lancaster University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Colorado State University
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Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University
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Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Political and Historical Ethnography, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)