Brothers in Arms
The Consolidation of the Turkey-Qatar Axis
Dubai
New Iranian tanker headed to Syria in violation of U.S. sanctions
“The vessel is now headed to Dubai, where it will refuel before beginning a months-long journey around the horn of Africa, through the Mediterranean and to the shores of Syria.”
Op-eds
New Sanctions May Deal Heavy Blow to Supreme Leader’s Business Empire
President Trump issued a new executive order last week that mandated sanctions on Supreme Leader Ali Khame...
Policy Briefs
Oman in the Middle
Muscat’s Balancing Act Between Iran and America
Monographs
‘Aeroterror’ is back in business — Team Trump should end it now
Venezuela’s late president, Hugo Chavez, and Iran’s former president, Mahmoud Ahmad...
Op-eds
Tehran Expands its Presence in Oman
Policy Briefs
Matthew Hedges affair should be a wake-up call for universities
Excerpt The details coming from British academic Matthew Hedges about his six-month detention in the United Arab Emirates are harrowing. Hedges, who had been arrested in Dubai last May after...
Op-eds
ANALYSIS: Qatar will pay a price for its financial links with Iran
Iran’s mullahs are growing nervous about Tehran’s access to foreign markets, and with good reason. In the time since US President Donald Trump declared the nuclear deal dead early las...
Op-eds
Lebanon Is Protecting Hezbollah’s Cocaine Trade in Latin America
Days after the Trump administration withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, Washington ramped up ...
Op-eds
Kuwait and Oman Are Stuck in Arab No Man’s Land
Just over a year ago, four of America’s Arab allies — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt — severed relations with Qatar, another key U.S. ally. They enac...
Op-eds
Is Canada a safe haven for corrupt Iranian officials and their money?
The Trudeau government has been under heavy fire lately for its continued pursuit of re-establishing diplomatic ties with Iran, but a shift may be underway. On Monday, several members of the Liberal c...
Op-eds
Gulf States Crack Down on Iran’s Illicit Finance
Sixty members of the Iranian parliament sent President Hassan Rouhani a...
Policy Briefs
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...
Op-eds
Landmark NY Trial Proves Turkish Government Complicity in Iran’s Sanctions-Busting
Today, a federal jury in the Southern District of New York returned a ...
Policy Briefs
Turkish Public Lender Joins Erdogan’s Washington Lobbying Spree
Turkey’s second-largest public lender Halkbank has reportedly...
Policy Briefs
Qatar is worst in the region on counterterrorism, but other Gulf monarchies are not off the hook
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly ...
Op-eds
The Iranian Express
On November 30, 2016, Syria watcher Tobias Schneider tweeted out pictures of an Iraqi Shia militiaman boarding an Iranian commercial airliner en route to Damascus. One selfie taken on the plane s...
Op-eds
Managing Terrorism Financing Risk in Remittances and Money Transfers
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Legislative Testimonies
Qatar vs. Saudi Arabia: How Iran and the Brotherhood Tore the Gulf Apart
The Gulf monarchies face the most serious crisis in their history. It is largely being covered as a diplomatic spat, since several Arab nations terminated their relations with Qatar on Monday to...
Op-eds
Treasury Sanctions Airline Ferrying Fighters for Assad
The U.S. Treasury announced new Syria sanctions on Friday, including on...