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Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) presents state medal to U.S. President Donald Trump (L) at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 20, 2017. (Getty)

America’s Role in the New Middle East

For most policy-makers and pundits, the Middle East has long been a tinderbox. American presidents in the past feared a US-Soviet confrontation in the event of Arab-Israeli wars. Richard Nixon, at…

Dennis Ross

How Saudi Arabia Is Stepping Up in Iraq

by Firas Maksad, Kenneth M. Pollack Some of the best news to come from the Middle East in a long time is the recent and long-overdue improvement in relations between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It…

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Trump’s Agenda in Riyadh

[caption id="attachment_55253632" align="aligncenter" width="5403"] Saudi Arabia's King Salman(R) sits next to an interpreter during a meeting with US Defence Secretary James Mattis (L) in Riyadh on…

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Politics

Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

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OPINIONS

Entering a new phase: UK-Bahrain relations

Neil Quilliam
Neil Quilliam

UN envoy to Syria: true loyalty to the state cannot be coerced

Ibrahim Hamidi
Ibrahim Hamidi

Sectarian flare-ups give Israel the chance to bomb Syria again

Con Coughlin
Con Coughlin

The plundering of Syria's cultural heritage - Part 2

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush
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