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Pipeline Attacks Expose Limits of Saudi Export Flexibility

Saudi Arabia’s ability to maintain its reputation as a reliable supplier in the months ahead will depend on how quickly it can repair damaged assets and keep several imperfect routes operating at the same time.

Satellite image shows damage to the East-West pipeline facility in the Hejaz Region, Saudi Arabia, September 11. (Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS)

Saudi Arabia’s Grim Options as the Houthis Storm Mokha

In tandem with President Trump’s refusal to offer help with the Houthis, the Saudis are facing grim options to reverse Houthi military successes and a chokehold over their oil exports.

Houthi fighters escort a convoy carrying prisoners freed in Mokha through the Bani Matar district on its way to Sanaa, Yemen, September 12. (AP Photo/STR)

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)

A New Generation Is Putting Bahraini Cuisine on the Map

Chefs Suman Ali Sayed and Dona Murad are introducing Bahraini cuisine to eateries abroad, attracting international diners increasingly interested in distinct food cultures and histories.

Emerging Technologies and U.S. Military Power in the Gulf

U.S. force projection in the Gulf is increasingly relying on artificial intelligence, unmanned platforms, and space technology, using these systems to augment existing military infrastructure.

Lieutenant (junior grade) Jay Faylo, assigned to Task Force 59, launches an M5D Airfox unmanned arial system in Aqaba, Jordan, February 13, 2022. (© U.S. Navy/ZUMA Press Wire Service/ZUMAPRESS.com)

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)

Kuwait’s Defense Diversification Through Pakistan

The significance of Kuwait’s defense pact with Pakistan lies less in any immediate military transformation than in what it reveals about the evolving security landscape of the Gulf.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 29. (© PPI via ZUMA Press Wire)

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)