The Globalist

Terrorism, oil, the crisis in Iraq, the Syrian civil war and geopolitics all weigh against the birth of a new Kurdish state.

The U.S. abandoning the Iran nuclear deal is the height of folly. It aligns Iran with China, and away from Europe.

How do the region’s large proven reserves stack up in a global context?

What does history teach us about the real prospects of closer Turkish relations with Russia and Iran?

Donald Trump has no idea that the principal source of support, financial and ideological, that Salafist terrorists use has Saudi Arabia written all over it.

In the Middle East, Iran, Israel and Russia — despite their rivalries — all share one goal: maintaining disunity.

The policy of side-stepping the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran is becoming increasingly untenable for non-Arab Muslim nations and China.

Saudi-UAE campaign to isolate Qatar and Iran puts Muslim nations in a bind.

The real downsides of Donald Trump’s choice in Saudi Arabia to prioritize commerce at the expense of principle.

How the U.S. government constantly cozies up to Saudi Arabia.