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OPEC Meeting Is More About Regional Rivalry Than Production Cuts
Saudi Arabia's reluctance to show weakness toward Iran likely means no real agreement will result from this week's OPEC meeting.
Nov 28, 2016
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
Egypt's Economy: Not Out of the Woods Yet
Although Cairo has taken significant steps to address capital shortages in recent weeks, the government knows that these steps will entail significant pain and could therefore spark unrest.
Nov 18, 2016
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
A Trump Presidency: Short-Cut to Iraqi Kurdistan's Independence or a Wrong Turn?
The most reliable road to Kurdish sovereignty still runs through Baghdad, not through Ankara or the Trump White House.
Nov 15, 2016
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  • Michael Knights
Brief Analysis
Egypt and Israel's Growing Economic Cooperation
Although security cooperation tends to get the headlines, the two countries have been quietly pursuing other initiatives that could provide a desperately needed boost to Egypt's trade, tourism, and energy sectors.
Nov 2, 2016
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  • Haisam Hassanein
Brief Analysis
Iran Faces Challenges in Implementing Its FATF Action Plan
Despite agreeing on an action plan, Tehran has far to go to meet international standards aimed at countering money laundering and terror financing.
Oct 26, 2016
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  • Katherine Bauer
Qatari leader Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani - source: Reuters
Brief Analysis
Gulf Succession: Qatar's Model Could Be a Way Forward
With most of the leaders of the conservative Arab Gulf states old or in poor health, abdication in favor of a younger generation may invigorate moribund hereditary leaderships, though a one-size-fits-all solution is not feasible.
Oct 25, 2016
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
Hezbollah's Criminal Networks: Useful Idiots, Henchmen, and Organized Criminal Facilitators
Hezbollah's broad web of shady 'facilitators' provide an attractive means of quickly moving and laundering massive amounts of illicit money, but they also reveal the supposed 'resistance' group as the criminal enterprise it has become.
Oct 25, 2016
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  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Is Turkey Pivoting to China?
As Turkey looks for alternative partners, it is not Russia or Iran but China that offers the most promise, so the United States should shore up its own ties with Ankara in response.
Oct 24, 2016
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  • Michael Singh
Multimedia
Brief Analysis
The Evolution of Terrorism Financing: Disrupting the Islamic State
Watch a conversation with the Treasury Department's top coordinator for combating terrorist financing as he explains how Washington is countering the Islamic State's wealth and fundraising.
Oct 21, 2016
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  • Daniel L. Glaser
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Articles & Testimony
Does the Execution of Saudi Prince Turki Signal Progress in the Gulf Kingdom?
The punishment of a single, almost irrelevant, prince is unlikely to change the world's view that Saudi royals are a law unto themselves.
Oct 21, 2016
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
A Familiar Pattern in Egypt's Spat with Saudi Arabia
Cairo has sought to placate Saudi and American officials while reaching out to their respective adversaries in Damascus and Moscow, but this balancing act may soon topple if Riyadh and Washington withhold crucial funding.
Oct 18, 2016
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
Hezbollah's Women Aren't Happy
As their sons and 'temporary husbands' are ripped from them to fight a proxy war in Syria, grieving mothers and brides are compensated with empty promises, poverty, and threats, heightening communal frustrations to the point of explosion.
Oct 12, 2016
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  • Hanin Ghaddar
Articles & Testimony
Saudi Foreign Policy vs. Economic Priorities
The House of Saud is probably not headed for a serious crash, but its growing domestic tensions make a fender-bender increasingly likely.
Sep 30, 2016
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
Turkey's Rewarming Ties with Iran
The two countries appear to be compartmentalizing their shared and divergent interests in Syria and Iraq, but such an approach is highly vulnerable to unexpected military incidents and other factors.
Sep 29, 2016
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  • Soner Cagaptay
Video
Brief Analysis
America's Anxious Allies: Trip Report from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Israel
A bipartisan team of distinguished former officials share their insights from a recent tour of key regional capitals.
Sep 28, 2016
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  • Meghan O'Sullivan
  • Philip Gordon
  • Dennis Ross
  • James Jeffrey
Brief Analysis
Jordan's Strategic Decision to Buy Israeli Gas
In addition to meeting the kingdom's urgent energy needs, the new natural gas deal should facilitate long-delayed efforts to develop Israel's offshore Leviathan field.
Sep 26, 2016
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
Iran's 'Resistance Economy' -- and Stalled Reform Efforts
Rather than honoring its pledge to comply with international norms on money laundering and terrorist finance, Iran may point to two prominent banks in particular as safe spaces for Western engagement.
Sep 23, 2016
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  • Matthew Levitt
  • Katherine Bauer
Video
Brief Analysis
U.S.-Iran Competition: Prospects and Limits of Cooperation
Three experts discuss whether the contentious history of U.S.-Iranian relations stems more from unrealistic American expectations and missed opportunities, or from the Islamic Republic's strategic decision to oppose Washington's interests.
Sep 13, 2016
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  • Jay Solomon
  • James Dobbins
  • Dennis Ross
Articles & Testimony
In Saudi Arabia, a Revolution Disguised as Reform
The United States has a stake in supporting Riyadh's efforts to demonstrate that an Arab government can remake its society from within while avoiding terrible upheaval.
Sep 9, 2016
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  • Dennis Ross
Brief Analysis
Prince Muhammad's Pakistan Detour
The surprise visit may have been intended to shore up various aspects of the Saudi-Pakistani defense relationship, perhaps including their suspected arrangement regarding access to nuclear weapons.
Aug 29, 2016
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  • Simon Henderson

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Patrick Clawson
Patrick Clawson is the Morningstar Senior Fellow and Research Counselor at The Washington Institute.
Simon Henderson
Simon Henderson
Simon Henderson is the Baker Senior Fellow and director of the Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy at The Washington Institute, specializing in energy matters and the conservative Arab states of the Persian Gulf.
Henry Rome
Henry Rome
Henry Rome was a Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, specializing in Iran sanctions, economic, and nuclear issues.
Michael Singh
Michael Singh
Michael Singh is the Managing Director and Lane-Swig Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute.
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