U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE are backing different factions and prolonging the conflict.
Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions
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Is Saudi Arabia Under Pakistan’s Nuclear Umbrella Now?
U.S. support for Israeli strikes across the Middle East has shaken up regional politics in surprising ways.
Trump Shifts to Monarchy Promotion in Middle East
Forget about democracy promotion. The Trump administration is advocating for monarchy.
Trump of Arabia
Is Trump’s axis of the plutocrats marginalizing Israel?
U.S. Officials Care More About Protecting Oil Tankers Than Palestinians
The United States is demanding an end to attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, but it won’t support a ceasefire in Gaza.
Cooling the Guns in the Middle East
Fratricide, as the latest conflict between Hamas and Israel has proven once again, only benefits the one percent of extremists on both sides.
China Hangs Washington Out to Dry in the Middle East
America’s divide-and-rule strategy in the Middle East has backfired.
The Limits of Saudi-Iranian Rapprochement
China brokered an agreement between rivals. Will it transform the Middle East?
Facing Houthi Victory in Yemen, US Changes Tactics
U.S. officials are trying to preserve a truce that has reduced violence and created the possibility for a negotiated settlement to the war.
The Fateful Fist Bump
If you thought the polarization of politics in the United States was corrosive, brace yourself for the even more corrosive polarization of geopolitics.