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Upgrading Iran’s Military Doctrine: An Offensive “Forward Defense”

(Photo by Pool / Press Office of Iranian Supreme Leader/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Blockchain adoption in the Gulf states

Distrust fuels protests in the Middle East and North Africa

Lebanese anti-government protesters shout slogans as they march on the former demarcation line separating Beirut on December 1, 2019.

Kuala Lumpur summit: A challenge to Saudi leadership?

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan (C) is accompanied by his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad (L) as he reviews a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the prime minister's office in Putrajaya on November 21, 2018. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Cautious optimism that the Riyadh summit will open the door to ending the intra-GCC dispute

39th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh

Re-centering the “countries in between”

People attend a rally marking the 6th anniversary of the 2014 Euromaidan antigovernment riots at Kiev's Independence Square.

Lebanon and Iraq continue in painful standoff

Iraqi demonstrators wave national flags as they take part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital Baghdad's Tahrir Square, on December 6, 2019.

Algeria prepares for a controversial election amid protests and strikes

Algerians wave a national flag from a balcony as they watch anti-government demonstrators march in the capital Algiers on December 6, 2019, ahead of the presidential vote scheduled for December 12.

An Israel-US defense treaty will ruin relations with Arab states

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes the hand of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo following their meeting in Jerusalem on October 18, 2019.

Protests and politics in Iraq and Iran

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