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  • Cyber Warfare
    What will be the effect of the latest US cyberattack on Iran?

    A recent study from RAND, for example, argued that most cyber operations that are intended to be coercive—which is a small portion—are not generally successful. In their research, Valeriano, Jensen, and Maness agreed that the ability of cyber operations to achieve coercive effects is limited, but that the “the United States achieves coercive success far more often than other cyber powers.”

  • Desalination
    The World Can Make More Water From the Sea, but at What Cost?

    Even in Saudi Arabia, where vast oil reserves (and the wealth that comes from them) have made the country the world’s desalination leader, responsible for about one-fifth of global production, there is a realization that the process must be made more affordable and sustainable. At the university here, engineers are aiming to do just that.

  • Arabic
    Why do so many Australians speak Arabic?

    Although most people surely know that the second-most spoken languages in Canada and America are French and Spanish, respectively, those ranked third are less easy to guess: Punjabi in Canada and Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese) in America. Similarly reflecting a history of immigration, Arabic is the third-most-spoken language in Australia and Samoan the third-most common in New Zealand.

  • Gulf Shipping
    Perspective: Can a 19th Century Maritime Truce Help Ease 21st Century Tensions in the Gulf?

    The 1835 Maritime Truce, origin of the term “Trucial States,” embodied this approach. British authorities preferred to act upon requests from local actors, not unilaterally, and strove to match actions with the strategic objectives of the day, using limited resources.

  • Iran in the Region
    What Is Iran Up To in Deir al-Zour?

    Tehran and its proxies have been exerting hard and soft power in northeast Syria, combining military consolidation with economic, social, and religious outreach in order to cement their long-term influence.

  • Qatar
    Can Qatar keep World Cup fans entertained?

    Qatar’s hosting of the world athletics championships brought criticism for poor attendances and hot conditions for road events but there was something else which struck many visitors about 2022 World Cup host nation - a lack of things to do.

  • Climate Survey
    Most Saudis know the effects of climate change, but is the country fighting it?

    Less than 50 percent of those surveyed in Saudi Arabia said they believe more could be done to curb climate change — on an individual and governmental level. People in the Middle East, as a whole, are the least likely to think they, or their country, could be doing more in the fight against climate change.

  • Israel
    Israelis Watch U.S. Abandon Kurds, and Worry: Who’s Next?

    Israel’s national security does not immediately depend on who controls the border of Turkey and northern Syria, more than 500 miles from its own territory. Yet President Trump’s abrupt order to withdraw American troops there and abandon Kurdish forces, who have been stalwart American allies against the Islamic State, set off clanging alarm bells among officials in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

  • Shale Oil
    Perspective: Is the U.S. Oil Industry Dominant? On the Verge of Oblivion? Neither

    The price of oil continues to rise and fall in response to commercial pressures and investor sentiment. But even an attack threatening 6 percent of world production did not move oil markets substantially.

  • Cyber Operations
    Analysis: Would the U.S. use cyberattacks against Iran?

    As other scholars have noted, the best deterrence signals are ones that are costly, visible and credible. Here’s why cyber-operations often fail this test: They may be hard to detect, hard to attribute to their source and hard to turn into a credible threat