Summary: as a consensus emerges that US hegemony in the Gulf is over and Washington continues to cast around for an acceptable exit strategy from the war with Iran, it is none too soon to consider how best the US could safeguard its national interests there into the longer term.
The Gulf and the US: shifting sands Read More »
Summary: the Huthi offensive has heightened the challenge Saudi Arabia faces in its efforts to extricate the kingdom from the Yemen quagmire.
Saudi Arabia and the Yemen dilemma Read More »
Summary: a recent study reveals that Yemen’s Huthis are expanding their networks along the African coast; their recent seizure of the Red Sea coastline has heightened concerns that security in the crucial waterway is now highly compromised.
The Red Sea’s emerging two-shore axis Read More »
Summary: the Huthi offensive caught the IRG forces and the Saudis off guard and with rapid advances and the seizure of new territory it is the Yemeni people who yet again pay the price.
Yemen’s people bear the brunt of the Huthi war Read More »
Summary: a failed Saudi-backed ground offensive enabled Huthi forces to capture critical Red Sea territory, seize Western weaponry and severely disrupt global energy markets.
Saudi Arabia’s military defeat in Yemen has global consequences Read More »
Summary: though it is receiving little international attention the civil war has been ignited by the Huthis with implications that go well beyond the borders of Yemen.
In case you hadn’t noticed the Yemen civil war is on again Read More »
Summary: Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi faces a daunting challenge seeking to halt Iranian backed militias from attacking Saudi Arabia while simultaneously encouraging desperately needed Saudi investment.
Iraq’s Saudi challenge Read More »
Summary: five MENA countries are on the Financial Action Task Force’s grey-list “for increased monitoring for strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, and counter-proliferation financing frameworks”. Getting off the list may be down more to politics than process.
MENA and the flaws in FATF Read More »
Summary: following the killings of US service members in Jordan and Iraq, a major military escalation between the United States and Iran has collapsed their previous ceasefire agreement, threatening to spark a comprehensive, multi-front war that could devastatingly target civilian infrastructure and choke global energy supplies.
The slide toward a regional cataclysm Read More »
Summary: escalation in the war between the US and Iran is set against a developing and dangerous situation in Yemen with the outlook for a return to full scale war there a growing possibility.
Are the Huthis on the warpath? Read More »