Persian Gulf

Very little is known about how ordinary Gulf Arabs perceive Iran in terms of national security. A new study reveals that concerns over Tehran's influence in the...

As much as Americans may want to get out of Iraq, continued U.S. engagement is crucial for the stability of Iraq, the Middle East, and the world.

Iran is attempting to get European leaders to take a more active role in preserving the JCPOA nuclear agreement.

Compared with other, the role of arts and culture in restoring Iraq's security has flown under the radar.

Iran’s Kurdish groups have been in exile for decades, creating a level of disconnect between Kurdish parties and Kurdish public in Iran.

Peshmerga views of the post-ISIS regional order are key to understanding Iraq’s political future.

Recent diplomatic meetings signal an improvement in relations between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Both supporting an Iranian faction more friendly to the United States and invading the country and replacing its institutions would fail.

The best hope for Saudi Arabia and its allies is that some face-saving resolution to the conflict with Qatar can be found.

Considering the religious, cultural, and historical commonalities among the monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula, the relations among their governments can be...

As the rift among Gulf states grows, the Trump administration should avoid emboldening hard-liners in Riyadh and other Gulf capitals by arguing that Iran can’t be...

In an increasingly polarized Gulf region, relations between Oman and Saudi Arabia had been tense over the Sultanate’s continued ties to Iran and its recent refusal...

In January 1980, U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced that the United States would protect “the free movement of Middle East oil”—with military force, if necessary...

Becoming a globally competitive hub is the driver of much of the Arab Gulf’s recent success in the travel and logistics sectors, which propel global connectivity.

OPEC's agreement to collectively reduce oil production is, in fact, mostly meaningless. And that’s just fine.

The word “ally” is used far too casually in Washington’s Middle East lexicon. It’s time to break this bad habit, because the truth is that with the exception...

After years of leadership by octogenarians, the Gulf Arab states are getting younger rulers. Western policymakers must move past the stereotype...

The last time that the world’s oil ministers met—in June in Vienna, Austria—oil hovered around $65 per barrel, a recovery from the steep drop earlier in the year....

The Gulf States have to diversify their economies to survive. But to do so, they will have to find a way to compensate elites for the losses they will risk under...

Washington and the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council have different priorities when it comes to regional strategy, but there is enough overlap to maintain...