China conducted two joint military exercises on the European continent in July| The Soufan Center
Israel’s ongoing offensive against Hamas in Gaza has thus far defied U.S. and regional diplomatic efforts to wind down the conflict through a ceasefire accompanied by Hamas’ release of remaining Israeli hostages.| The Soufan Center
The 2003 decision by the George W. Bush Administration to invade Iraq, in the absence of an imminent threat to U.S. national security and without UN Security Council authorization, remains controversial among former and current U.S. and international officials and experts on Iraq and the broader Middle East| The Soufan Center
The combination of record-low oil prices and mounting demographic pressures poses significant challenges to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) future plans in Saudi Arabia| The Soufan Center
The threat to regional peace and security posed by the Houthi movement (Ansarallah) in Yemen expanded Friday when the group launched an explosive-laden drone on Tel Aviv in the pre-dawn hours, striking an apartment building and killing an Israeli man while wounding several others. The drone reportedly flew near the U.S. diplomatic mission in the […]| The Soufan Center
On March 10, high-ranking Iranian and Saudi national security officials signed an agreement in Beijing to restore full diplomatic relations. They will return their respective ambassadors within two months, as well as resume abiding by long-dormant but preexisting agreements on security| The Soufan Center
The Houthi movement has progressively escalated its involvement in the Israel-Hamas war, even amid its unresolved conflict with the Saudi and United Arab Emirates (UAE)-backed Republic of Yemen government.| The Soufan Center
At the White House on September 15, 2020, the United States, Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain signed the “Abraham Accords”, a joint statement pledging the normalization of relations between the signing parties| The Soufan Center
Conventional wisdom holds that Iran’s domestic and national security policies will not be altered by the sudden death of President Ibrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on May 19 – either before the June 28 special election to replace Raisi, or during subsequent leadership competitions thereafter.| The Soufan Center