Gulf states test the boundaries of their agency

Shiites, not Jews, emerge as a touchstone of Saudi moderation

Culture wars bubble under Arab surfaces

Middle Eastern rivalries are alive and kicking despite de-escalation

Is Central Asia and the Caucasus the Indo-Pacific’s next stop?

Shaping a 21st-century world order: The nation-state vs the civilizational state

The Qatar World Cup has come and gone, but the debate continues

Confronting problematic tenets of religious law: Judaism could follow Islam

Bali governor puts Indonesia on the spot

Saudi Iranian détente potentially sparks paradigm shifts

Saudi crown prince balances on Saudi-US-Israeli-Iranian tightrope

Iran upgrades perceptions of Saudi threat

A US trump card in Gulf geopolitics: capacity-enhancing security cooperation

Protest in Iran: A Middle Eastern déjà vu with a twist of irony

Israelis and Palestinians do what they do best, but for the wrong reasons

For the UAE and others, its business as usual with Israel