Near Abroad is a must-read book for scholars and other readers who are interested in better understanding the relationship between the U.S. and...

Over the past year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has experienced a period of rapid transformation under the direction of a new Crown Prince,...

The election of the U.S. President Donald Trump played a key role in reigniting the Gulf crisis. The blockading quartet (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain...

The diplomatic and economic blockade of Qatar launched on June 5, 2017 has gravely weakened the Gulf Cooperation Council and raised questions in...

The repercussions of the Arab Spring and new polarization between Iran, Israel and the Gulf States means the Middle East faces multiple rivalries...

Recent studies of diversionary theory focus on domestic determinants of conflict between interstate rivals as well as the strategic behavior of...

Obama's election represents an important opportunity to put US-Turkish relations on a new, more cooperative footing. On many issues especially...

Conflicting dynamics and power calculation: within the Bush administration have given rise to contradictory signals coming from Washington...