Eye to the Horizon: The UAE’s Maritime Ambitions
The UAE is increasingly looking to the maritime domain as an area of regional and global cooperation but also as a vessel of continued power projection.
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Old and New Divisions Block Libya’s Path to Elections
Divisions among Libya’s political, security, and financial institutions remain a key obstacle to the political transition process, and foreign powers still stoke many of these divisions for their own strategic interests.
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Gulf Engagement in Afghanistan’s Evolving Political Marketplace: Uneven Investment, Uncertain Prospects
Gulf countries have deep historical ties with Afghanistan. As the NATO mission comes to an end, they could have the influence to help stabilize Afghanistan and chart a course toward peace and reconciliation.
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A Grand Bargain for Yemen
The next U.N. special envoy for Yemen will be uniquely positioned to spearhead a grand bargain that might be the international community’s last chance to reconstitute Yemen as a single state.
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Libya’s Fragile Political Consensus Faces Daunting Challenges
Libya’s unity government is restoring ties with international partners and jumpstarting the country’s economy, but with a delicate political consensus will the interim government be able to deliver free and fair elections?
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The Gulf Cooperation Council at 40: Finally Ripe for a Regional Security System?
The signing of the Al Ula agreement ending the GCC crisis may finally allow the Gulf countries to establish a regional security system, an endeavor that has been decades in the making.
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Hamas’ Intervention Lets Gulf Countries Off the Hook, But for How Long?
An Israeli-Hamas conflict is far more manageable than Al-Aqsa confrontations.
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Saudi Arabia’s New Dialogue With Iran was Long in the Making
New talks reflect a broad range of regional and international developments in recent years.
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Yemeni Soldiers and the Battle for Pay
Lacking and intermittent payments to soldiers risk incentivizing local small wars that could persist regardless of whether a national conflict resolution deal is achieved.
The UAE’s Message of Hope, Delivered With a Soft-Power Focus and Some Strategic Hedging
The UAE’s Hope Consortium and Hope Probe illustrate a growing shift from a focus on hard power to a broader consideration of human security and the incorporation of new technologies.
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