Middle East & North Africa

In Jordan, the existence of US base Tower 22 remains an unspoken secret even after a drone attack targeted the base and killed three Americans

In political and psychological terms, the US-UK strikes not only are unlikely to deter the Houthis but will probably only embolden them

While the world's attention focuses on the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, Sudan suffers through human rights atrocities and ethnic cleansing

The crisis has raised China’s profile as an external power while distracting the United States from Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific

The Iranian regime has ramped up its crackdown on society while the world's attention has been focused on different regional conflicts

Since the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Iran seems to have lost its ability to mobilize and coordinate extremist militias across the Middle East.

Oman has a long history of facilitating dialogue between Iran and Iran-backed groups and Iran's adversaries in the Arab world and the West

The emergence of an acute security threat could very well change the nuclear calculations of Tehran if its deterrence strategy fails