Ending the war and facilitating other U.S.-Saudi diplomatic tracks is crucial, but neither goal will be served by turning a blind eye to the Houthis’ latest jumps in militarization. On September 25, a Houthi drone attack on the Saudi side of the border with Yemen killed two Bahraini servicemen operating there as part of the

Concerns over groundwater issues have been growing in the last few years, given the amplification of drought in many parts of the world. Notably, the topic received expansive coverage at the United Nations Summit on Groundwater in Paris last December and then again at the March 2023 U.N. Water International Conference in New York. Groundwater

Export controls are not a panacea, they are a relic. Everyone says the United States and China are not in a new Cold War, but U.S. export controls suggest the exact opposite. Export controls on industrial goods—“dual-use” controls—are often counterproductive because other countries respond to export controls by creating replacement technologies. The result is to

In Iraq, the precarious reality and confused relationships seem to have driven al-Sudani’s government to attempt to circumvent the traditional binary choice between Washington and Moscow. This new course comes with a distinct and flashy name, the “Development Road” project, and looks to Beijing as a third way forward. Mohammed Shia al-Sudani did not become

Federal pressure and disastrous internal missteps have brought the KRG to the brink, raising the need for more active U.S. mediation. In a recent letter to President Biden that was soon reinforced by three U.S. lawmakers, Prime Minister Masrour Barzani of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government expressed his alarm over the region’s survival. Noting that the

In the summer of 2022, flash flooding due to heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and southeast Iran killed well over 1,000 people. In this part of the world, the extreme shifts in weather between monsoon and dry season dictate subsistence cycles and financial livelihood, with accompanying risks to life and

A Democratic presidential administration in Washington has coincided with the most far-right Israeli government in history, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, who on many occasions has meddled in US politics in favor of Republicans. This sounds like a recipe for unprecedented conflict between the United States and Israel, and yet Washington has just allowed Israel into

Although joining BRICS is an exciting economic prospect for many governments, the addition of new member states has not been without controversy. In Egypt, news of the nation’s accession to this institution has fueled a heated internal media debate on the feasibility of the move and its impact on the deteriorating economic situation in Egypt.

More than 70,000 Armenians have left Karabakh, Yerevan saysAzerbaijani leader on first trip there since offensiveKarabakh ex-minister charged with financing terrorismBaku's envoy to UK: Azerbaijan does not want mass exodusGORIS, Armenia, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh said on Thursday they were dissolving the breakaway statelet they had defended for three decades, where

Israelis Advocate for Peace in the South Caucuses following ceasefireBy Rachel AvrahamAs Azerbaijan and Armenia almost came to the brink of war, a petition calling for “world peace in the Caucuses” was signed to encourage both the Armenians and the Azerbaijanis to reach an understanding that will lead to peace."We don't want bloodshed in any