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Gulf producers have raised billions of dollars by selling stakes in pipeline revenue while retaining ownership and operational control. But what happens when the pipelines stop working?

Can the strategies intended to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s economic resilience withstand a broader and more geographically dispersed security crisis?

China’s ties with Yemen’s Houthis could bolster Beijing’s regional ambitions, but they also risk drawing it into conflicts that complicate its broader strategic goals.

Rival camps within the Islamic Republic are increasingly turning to YouTube for policy debate, but there is a limit to the regime’s tolerance for that debate.

Why have the Houthis chosen to escalate now, and what do they hope to accomplish by bringing the confrontation directly to Saudi soil?

The trendline of growing domestic roles for regional sovereign wealth funds is coming into sharper focus.

Remarks by Iran’s president offer a rare glimpse of how the Islamic Republic has adapted its decision making to the absence of its supreme leader.

In its new strategy, the Saudi Public Investment Fund seems to focus more on investment returns and less on asset growth. How this will work in practice is less clear, including what it means for the future of existing projects, such as Neom.