A Deal Is Still Possible in Syria

As U.S. President Joe Biden and his team focus on the Iran nuclear file, the war in Syria remains a festering wound at the heart of the Middle East. Although the current administration has made no…

James F. Jeffrey

The Middle East and the Recourse Curse

The recourses curse is “the phenomenon of countries with an abundance ofnatural resources(such asfossil fuelsand certainminerals) having lesseconomic growthor worsedevelopmentoutcomes than countries…

Saif Al Abri

Red Sea Security, 250 Years Ago

A month before the publication of this book, its British author, Nicholas Stephenson Smith, wrote about it in the American “Foreign Policy” periodical which is published by Graham Holding Company,…

Mohammad Ali Salih