Gulf States

A special forces police officer takes security measures as he stands on top of a building where the portraits of Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan (L), Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and a Turkish flag are displayed in Istanbul, Turkey, June 3, 2015. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo - RTX2CSBG

How the Gulf crisis forces fundamental choices in Turkish foreign policy

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) attend the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX36TTB

Will Saudi Arabia’s King Salman abdicate?

Friday, June 23, 2017

DATE IMPORTED:April 30, 2017Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (L) speaks with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef during a reception ceremony in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia April 30, 2017. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Saudi Arabia’s king promotes his son—and ousts the best counter-terrorist in the Mideast

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

DATE IMPORTED:July 12, 2017Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia July 12, 2017. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The long-term cost of Saudi succession shake-up

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

(Front R-L) Jordan's King Abdullah II, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, U.S. President Donald Trump, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani pose for a photo during Arab-Islamic-American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX36UEB

The danger of picking sides in the Qatar crisis

Daniel L. Byman and William McCants

Saturday, June 17, 2017

A ship decks at Hamad port in Doha, Qatar, June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon - RTS173KZ

The high cost of high stakes: Economic implications of the 2017 Gulf crisis

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) attends a meeting between Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 6, 2017. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - RTX39C4I

GCC crisis: How to resolve the diplomatic rift

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Thursday, June 15, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a statement about the shooting at a Congressional Republicans baseball practice from the White House in Washington, U.S., June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RTS1736N

How Trump’s black and white world view met reality in the Middle East

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Ilan Goldenberg

Thursday, June 15, 2017

A foreign worker uses his mobile phone at a construction site in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 13, 2006. The United Arab Emirates should crack down on employers abusing the rights of migrant workers who are key to the Gulf Arab state's construction boom, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Sunday. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) - RTR1JAWF

How India’s diaspora affects its role in a multipolar Middle East

Kadira Pethiyagoda

Thursday, June 15, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump takes his seat before his speech to the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

How Trump’s black and white world view met reality in the Middle East

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Ilan Goldenberg

Wednesday, June 14, 2017