A decade after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led a joint military campaign to curb Iran’s influence in Yemen, the two allies now find themselves pitted against each other there.

After more than a decade of wars, from Syria to Gaza, the Middle East is exhausted by conflict. Is it ready to find another ...

On several occasions this year, US President Donald Trump has suggested that, thanks to his dealmaking prowess, long-coveted ‘peace ...

As a turbulent year draws to a close, the Middle East is entering another phase of heightened strategic tension, with the risk of a wider, multi-theatre conflict growing steadily. Despite temporary ...

Saudi Arabia’s population reached roughly 34.7 million after 1.8% growth in 2025. High birth rates among citizens, inflows of ...

At the start of 2026, the Middle East seems surrounded or besieged, geographically and politically, by crises and wars. Some are directly or indirectly interconnected, while de-escalation of conflict ...

A fierce rivalry between the forces of peaceful development and those of turmoil dominated the Middle East landscape in 2025.

Shortly before leaving my home in Virginia to spend the holidays in Beirut, a colleague asked me, echoing Ronald Reagan’s old one liner from 1980: Isn’t Lebanon better off now than at the start of ...

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As the world enters a year marked by political transitions, economic uncertainty, and sharpening geopolitical rivalries, new conflict assessments warn that instability is set to intensify across ...

They’ve always competed behind the scenes, but last week, the rivalry between two of the Middle East’s most influential ...