Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON — When, at its March summit meeting, the Arab League announced that it intended to create a unified command for a joint Arab military force, eyes rolled. Given how divided the Arab states are, and how poorly most historical efforts at Arab military coordination have fared, this was widely assumed to be another empty...

AGSIW Board member F. Gregory Gause, III discusses the geopolitical questions raised by the fall in oil prices in the Middle East in the new Brookings Doha Center report “The Sultans of Swing? The Geopolitics of Falling Oil Prices.” In the report, he predicts that the price decline will not destabilize oil-producing governments and will...

Along with the dozens of airstrikes Saudi Arabia has launched into Yemen since the start of its so-called “Operation Decisive Storm” a week ago, it also is delivering some very clear political messages. Unfortunately, most of them have very little to do with Yemen itself. Saudi Arabia and the dozen or so regional states that...

The death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia sparked immediate speculations over how his successor, Salman, would navigate multiple foreign policy challenges presented by an increasingly volatile region.