Emiratis

March 30, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Blinken plays role of political activist at Negev summit

While the foreign ministers of the US, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt and Israel held hands to show unity at the conclusion of Israel’s Negev summit on Monday, the gathering did not issue a joint statement....

March 21, 2022 | David Adesnik |

Assad Visits the UAE, Showing Need for Tougher Enforcement of U.S. Sanctions

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad visited the United Arab Emirates on Friday, the first time another Arab government has welcomed Assad since the beginning of the war in Syria in 2011. The State Department...

February 22, 2022 | Bradley Bowman, Joe Truzman, Ryan Brobst

To Stop Iran’s Proxy Terrorists, Stop Iran

The U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, and UAE must do more to stop Tehran together.

February 17, 2022 | Mark Dubowitz, Bradley Bowman

Biden’s Weakness Puts Strong Iran Deal Out of Reach

Talks on Iran’s nuclear program in Vienna are entering a pivotal stage. President Joe Biden, viewed increasingly by Americans as a weak leader, is eager for a policy win. Sensing Biden’s weakness,...

February 16, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain, David May

The Houthi crisis is creating an Emirati-Israeli opportunity

Houthi attacks on the United Arab Emirates proved what many have known for a long time, that Arab solidarity is an imaginary concept. In Beirut, Hezbollah cheered on the strikes. In Gaza, Hamas politburo...

February 11, 2022 | Aykan Erdemir |

Embattled Erdogan Signals Turkish-Israeli Thaw

The ground in the Middle East is shifting yet again.

February 3, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Why Does Biden Play Favorites Among the Arab Gulf States?

If you think the Biden administration is disengaging from the Middle East and the Gulf region, think again. This week, the White House asked Congress to designate Qatar as a major non-NATO ally, which...

January 22, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Michael Rubin

Oman Must Isolate, Not Embrace, the Houthis

The Switzerland of the Middle East can still serve as a center for regional diplomacy. But even Switzerland does not offer safe haven to terrorists.

January 20, 2022 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden saves Iran from itself

President Joe Biden came into office pledging to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal quickly and then negotiate a follow-on agreement to address the deal’s many flaws. A year later, he’s laying the groundwork...

January 20, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Abu Dhabi attack shows talking to Iran is futile

The regime’s decision to turn on the UAE at such a moment might be one that the Islamic republic will come to regret in the future.

January 10, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Shany Mor

Normalization is the new normal for the UAE and Israel

Conventional wisdom holds that the normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE is, at most, an expression of mutual antagonism toward Iran, driven by concern about Tehran’s nuclear program and...

December 15, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

The empires strike back

America is threatened by neo-imperialists

December 15, 2021 | Tony Badran |

Macron Looks to Revive Saudi Financing for French Military Contracts in Lebanon

After meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman in Jeddah on December 4, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the Saudis would re-engage in Lebanese affairs “to help the people of Lebanon...

December 12, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Erdogan hopes to salvage relations with the Gulf to save Turkey’s economy

In a bid to shore up Turkey’s flailing economy and rescue its nosediving currency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Doha on Monday in the hope that his Qatari allies can provide much-needed...

November 17, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Don’t Believe Predictions of a Rift Between Iran and Syria

Last week, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad reportedly expelled Javad Ghaffari, the top Iranian commander in Syria, spurring hopes that Damascus is on the brink of a realignment that would draw it closer...

November 12, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst

Expand Israel-Arab-US military drills to counter Iran and its proxies

Naval forces from Israel, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and the United States are conducting a five-day multilateral maritime security operations exercise in the Red Sea. The exercise marks the first...

November 12, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The May 2021 Israel-Hamas war was a stress test for normalization

With the signing of the Abraham Accords last year, a rare sense of optimism washed over the Middle East. Many in Israel believed that these agreements signaled that the Arab world had given up on the Palestinian...

September 16, 2021 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Egypt’s President Sisi is moving to thaw relations with Israel, reap economic rewards

For the first time in a decade, an Israeli prime minister is visiting Egypt. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hosting Naftali Bennett at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, at a time when Cairo has...

July 6, 2021 | Richard Goldberg |

Violence in Yemen, Gaza, and Iraq Isn’t Coincidental, Even Though the White House Wishes it Was

Recent flareups of violence in the Middle East are the outcome of a major policy shift by an administration that prefers to avert its eyes from the truth.

July 2, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Seth J. Frantzman, Ryan Brobst

Add Egypt and the UAE to the Noble Dina Exercise

During the conflict between Hamas and Israel last May, the terror group attempted to use rockets and an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to attack Israel’s maritime assets in the Eastern Mediterranean....