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REUTERS/Stringer The Dhow: July 27, 2026 ANALYSIS SECURITY Why the Houthis Entered the War Gregory D. Johnsen The Houthis’ decision to dip their toes into the conflict is a calculated choice based on military capacity, a blueprint, and the need for retaliatory pressure. Qatar LNG Past & Future Robin Mills As Qatar looks to the...

REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad The Dhow: July 20, 2026 ANALYSIS POLITICS & GOVERNANCE The Emir Who Refused To Hide David B. Roberts Under Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Qatar would be known – as a mediator, a broadcaster, a host of mega sports events, and an investor – and that notoriety would itself become a form of...

REUTERS/Mohammed Benmansour The Dhow: July 13, 2026 ANALYSIS ECONOMY Saudi Arabia Weathers the Iran War Thanks to Investments in “Economic Resiliency” Tim Callen The impact of the Iran war on the Saudi economy has been mitigated by investments in “economic resiliency,” including the East-West oil pipeline, relatively prudent fiscal policy, and the accumulation of a...

AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki The Dhow: July 6, 2026 ANALYSIS POLITICS & GOVERNANCE Syria Is the Answer Ambassador William Roebuck When regional actors or great powers ask these days what determines the success or failure of their strategies in the region, they are increasingly discovering that developments in Syria heavily shape the outcome. All About Those...

REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez The Dhow: June 29, 2026 ANALYSIS SOCIETY Qatar’s National Team Mirrors the State Raphaël Le Magoariec Qatar’s first World Cup point, earned through a goalkeeper of Palestinian descent, reveals how the emirate has turned a tiny citizenry, migration, and naturalization into an instrument of statecraft and where that instrument meets its limits. ​...

EUROPEAN UNION/COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2/Handout via REUTERS The Dhow: June 22, 2026 ANALYSIS SECURITY Will “Hormuz” be the American “Suez”? Hussein Ibish 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. Saudi Economic...

AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File The Dhow: June 15, 2026 FEATURED PROGRAM Book Talk: Iran and the Bomb: The United States, Iran and the Nuclear Question​  June 16, 2026 | 3:00 – 4:30pm ET | In Person On June 16, AGSI will host a discussion with Ali Alfoneh, Sina Azodi, and Hussein Ibish on the evolution of...

AP Photo/Hadi Mizban The Dhow: June 8, 2026 ANALYSIS POLITICS & GOVERNANCE The Geopolitical Imperative of Iraq-GCC Relations Abbas Kadhim 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...

U.S. Navy via AP The Dhow: June 1, 2026 FEATURED PROGRAM Will a U.S.-Iran Deal Bring a New Order for the Gulf?​  June 4, 2026 |10:00 – 11:00am ET | Webinar On June 4, AGSI will host a discussion with Mohammed Baharoon, Kristin Smith Diwan, Vice Admiral John W. Miller, David B. Roberts, and Hussein Ibish on the implications of...