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Expert briefing
Publication date: 1 April 2020

From US contractors in Iraq and Russian mercenary groups in Syria, to Gulf states’ ‘foreign legions’ in Yemen and multiple Iranian proxy militias, national armies no longer…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 April 2024

Deepening Gulf-Israel normalisation -- and particularly heavy US-backed efforts to advance a deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia -- set the context for the Hamas attack against…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 6 April 2022

The agreement is the latest in a series of bilateral arrangements following the signing of the Abraham Accords. The relationship between Bahrain and Israel initially focused on…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 March 2018

A senior US administration official briefed in advance that the Saudi-Emirati rift with Qatar was to be “a key point of discussion”, with the possibility of a special session of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 24 September 2019

On September 14, a barrage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and cruise missiles hit two major Aramco production sites at Abqaiq and Khurais with surgical accuracy. The attack…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 November 2018

With an ageing head of state, Oman must prepare for a post-Sultan Qaboos era, with some of its key policies at odds with those of other Gulf governments.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 2 April 2015

US policy towards Libya.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 April 2018

Former territorial tensions between Muscat and its Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) neighbours have receded in recent decades, allowing smoother cross-border links. However, the…

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