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February 11, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur |

Kidnapping of opposition leader threatens US momentum in Venezuela

On February 8, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa vanished from the streets of Caracas in what allies called a kidnapping, a development that could jeopardize US policy...

February 10, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Syria Looks to Offshore Oil and Gas for Economic Renewal

Damascus’ entrance into the energy market will require it to update its dilapidated infrastructure.

February 10, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Foreign Investment in Syria’s Reconstruction Carries Terror Finance Risk

Saudi Arabia and Qatar aim to reap the commercial rewards of rebuilding Syria now that the devastating civil war has ended and sanctions on Damascus have been lifted. Gulf investments are being deployed...

January 13, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur, Krystal Bermudez

US seizes more tankers, courts oil companies as post-Maduro Venezuela takes shape

In the week since Washington arrested former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, the outlines of a post-Maduro Venezuela have begun to take shape. Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, Defense...

January 4, 2026 | Richard Goldberg, Peter Doran

Trump has started to liberate Venezuela while striking the heart of Russia, China, Iran’s evil global axis

President Trump’s historic intervention in Venezuela offers needed hope to friends of freedom around the world and nervous traders in the oil market. A pro-America, free-market government...

December 18, 2025 | |

Israel and Egypt Sign Record $35 Billion Gas Deal

Latest Developments Netanyahu Announces Massive Gas Deal: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the signing of a gas deal with Egypt on December 17 valued at approximately $35 billion....

December 11, 2025 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

A Free Venezuela Elevates U.S. Energy Security

If the Maduro regime were to fall tomorrow, the immediate applause in Washington would be for the restoration of democracy. But in Houston, the reaction would be a scramble for logistics. For over a...

December 10, 2025 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Venezuelan Oil Exports Continued Despite U.S. Escalation in November

U.S. pressure on Venezuela’s strongman, Nicolás Maduro, is increasing — his cartel has just been designated a terrorist organization and an American aircraft carrier group is circling off his coast...

December 1, 2025 | Samuel Ben-Ur, Krystal Bermudez

How Venezuela’s Maduro became Washington’s most persistent hemispheric adversary

On November 13, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Operation Southern Spear amid an increased American military presence off the coast of Venezuela. Hegseth stated that the...

March 6, 2025 | |

‘Strategic Asset’: Israeli Natural Gas Exports to Arab Neighbors Jumped Over 13 Percent in 2024

Gas Exports Rise Despite War: Israel’s natural gas exports to Egypt and Jordan rose by 13.4 percent in 2024, according to March 5 statements from the country’s Energy Ministry....

December 1, 2022 | David Adesnik, John Hardie

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: December

November 1, 2022 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November

July 22, 2020 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Chevron’s Noble buy reflects Israel’s ‘warming’ ties with Gulf states — expert

International energy adviser says deal indicates Israel is ‘no longer a taboo’ in industry over fear of Arab boycott; still, the energy giant may end up selling the Israeli assets

July 21, 2020 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Chevron Increases Its Presence in the Eastern Mediterranean

Chevron Corporation announced yesterday its agreement to purchase the American oil and gas company Noble Energy for $5 billion. Chevron’s acquisition has special geopolitical significance due to Noble’s...

March 16, 2020 | Varsha Koduvayur |

The United States is still too reliant on oil

Oil prices have been cratering in the wake of Saudi Arabia’s decision to ramp up production and offer customers a discount for its crude. A decade ago, that would have been welcome news for the United...

May 2, 2018 | Clifford D. May

A little pivot to Central Asia

Kazakhstan is one of the ten largest countries in the world, yet most Americans couldn’t find it on a map. It spans Central Asia, home to the world’s most sophisticated civilizations...

October 4, 2016 | David Weinberg

Americans Can Sue Saudi Arabia Now. So What?

Congress overrode...

May 29, 2015 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Transformational Diplomacy

Many supporters of an Iranian nuclear agreement believe that a deal could help to moderate, even democratize, Iranian society. Barack Obama’s constant allusions to the transformative potent...

January 6, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Has the Geneva Agreement Undercut Sanctions to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program?

The interim nuclear deal reached between the major powers and the Islamic Republic on November 24 opened the investment floodgates for Western companies seeking to capitalize on a new business en...

September 14, 2012 | John Hannah |

Good Friends are Hard to Find: Why the US Should Support Mithal Alusi and Kurdistan

I know. Foreign policy has been largely an afterthought in the presidential campaign. Iraq, for all intents and purposes, is off the radar screen entirely -- except as a Democratic talking point,...