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Saudi Arabia

Future Gulf Economic Resilience in Energy, Infrastructure, and Influence

How the Gulf states choose to invest now could determine not just how they survive this crisis but how they sustain their role as both allocators and magnets of capital and superpowers in the global energy system.

Trucks make their way into the port of Fujairah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran limits marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, May 6. (REUTERS/Amr Alfiky)

Yemen’s Strategic Reckoning? The Houthis and the Expanding Regional War

On September 10, AGSI hosted a discussion on the latest escalation between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia.

Smoke rises from a prison after an airstrike in Jawf province, Yemen, on September 7. (Handout / Latin America News Agency via Reuters Connect)

Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Recalibration?

On September 15, AGSI will host a discussion on Saudi Arabia's positioning within the emerging regional political and security order.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sign a trilateral defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 7. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

The Gulf Economic Infrastructure Buildout

Gulf countries are at the center of an emerging regional economic infrastructure expansion, but the implications will be global in nature.

Etihad Rail is seen above a highway in the United Arab Emirates on November 26, 2023. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)

Gulf States Divide the Work of Rebuilding Syria

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar are each anchoring a different piece in the rebuilding of Syria’s infrastructure, turning investment and reconstruction into an informal division of labor.

A view shows workers rebuilding destroyed markets in the city of Aleppo, Syria, August 19. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano)

Al-Falaj Connects Researchers to the Scattered Archives of Arabia

Saudi author and anthropologist Ghada AlMuhanna Abalkhail launched al-Falaj, an open access digital directory, to help users explore the Arabian Peninsula's visual and documentary heritage.

This photograph was taken inside Jabal Al Qarah, situated between the villages of Al Tuwaythir and Al Qarah in Al Ahsa governorate on May 31, 1924. (Swiss geologist Arnold Heim via ETH Zurich)

The New Trilateral Axis and the Iraqi Dilemma

As the September deadline for the U.S. troop drawdown approaches, Iraq’s period of comfortable neutrality is ending, but the country’s policymakers should not rush into unsustainable alignments.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a trilateral defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 7. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

The Future of U.S. Bases in the Gulf

The war between the United States and Iran revealed the vulnerability of static U.S. bases, while also showcasing Gulf Arab states’ capacity – bolstered with U.S. hardware and training – to intercept most Iranian strikes on their own, raising new questions about U.S.-Gulf security partnerships.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 24, 2025. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)