Regional Affairs

The Trump administration has positioned the United States at a crossroads between a new regime of containment against Iran or a historic drawdown of U.S. influence in the Gulf and broader Middle East.

Investment priorities are already shifting toward infrastructure resilience, export diversification, and development of domestic energy resources.

A strong relationship with the GCC acts as a stabilizing force for an inherently fragile Iraqi state. But to maintain this, Iraq needs to pair sophisticated regional diplomacy with assertive control over the nonstate actors operating within its borders.

The Iran war has triggered what energy experts have described as the world’s worst energy crisis. And what is certain is that the prewar energy order will be redrawn.

On June 8, AGSI convened its Petro Diplomacy conference for the 12th consecutive year.

On June 4, AGSI hosted a discussion on the implications of a potential U.S.-Iranian agreement for Gulf security.

Despite billions of dollars in infrastructure damage and economic loss, Gulf sovereign wealth funds are still investing in clean energy projects as a pathway to resilience.

Syria hopes to use the Iran war to deepen its connection to its Gulf Arab partners. Can it compete for inclusion within the regional security order and emerging trade corridors?