After nearly six decades of membership in OPEC, and despite being the organization’s third-largest oil producer, the United Arab Emirates announced its withdrawal from the organization at the end of
A few years ago, even the most optimistic observers would not have dared to imagine the Middle East, or the Islamic world at large, witnessing an alliance between its traditional
The Egyptian stance—at both the popular and official levels—regarding the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran represents a significant manifestation of the political and collective psyches that shape Cairo’s engagement with foreign
From Cairo / Egypt With the successive strikes hitting the Gulf states since the outbreak of the American-Israeli aggression against Iran, many are wondering whether the transformation of these countries
From Cairo / Egypt As the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln plows through the waters of the Middle East, carrying the omens of a military operation that could be
By Islam Farag, from Cairo / Egypt As is its custom, the Middle East remains a volatile landscape, a region in perpetual flux where alliances and strategic calculations shift faster
By Islam Farag, from Cairo / Egypt The announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approving a $35 billion gas export deal to Egypt from the Leviathan natural gas field,
By Islam Farag, from Cairo / Egypt The ongoing war in Sudan between the national army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is no longer a domestic issue. Viewed within
By Islam Farag, from Cairo / Egypt In the early hours of last Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had reached the first phase of a
By Islam Farag, from Cairo / Egypt In his angry reaction to the Israeli attack targeting Hamas leaders in Doha, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Prime Minister of Qatar,
By Islam Farag, from Cairo / Egypt The Palestinian issue has long been a pivotal matter shaping the foreign policy of Gulf Arab states for decades. Official stances of the
By Islam Farag, from Cairo / Egypt The outbreak of the Syrian revolution in 2011 was a major cause of tension in relations between the Gulf states and Syria, which
