The UK plans to open up its second Mideast base in Oman. The British Defense Secretary announced these plans earlier this week during a visit
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The Arabian Game of Thrones Heats Up
The reported torture, murder, and dismemberment of Washington-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate-general in Istanbul reminded the world that an intense power
The New Silk Roads Are Just Pieces in a Giant Puzzle
The New Silk Roads, formerly One Belt One Road, then Belt and Road Initiative, were launched almost five years ago by President Xi Jinping, first
Yemen War Challenges Saudi Moral Authority
Saudi conduct of its ill-fated war in Yemen coupled with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s alignment with the Trump administration and Israel, and his often
Trump’s ‘Arab NATO’ Idea Is Doomed to Fail
The United States is reportedly floating plans for a new security alliance with six Gulf Arab states, alongside Jordan and Egypt, to counter Iran’s growing
Can Oman Build a Ladder for Trump to Come Down the Iranian Tree He Climbed?
The US establishment wrongly believed that it could deal with Iran as with North Korea, using a carrot and stick. Threatening diplomacy has never worked
For Saudi Arabia, It’s been Operation Shoot Yourself in the Foot
Remember the name the Saudis gave their operation in Yemen when they launched it on 25 March 2015? Operation: Decisive Storm. By 21 April, the storm
Blood borders
Map created by Ralph Peters and originally published in the Armed Forces Journal, via wikimedia The map above is a 2006 proposed plan to
