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America's strategy in the Middle East has failed. But can a Biden presidency repair it?
As the Gulf crisis enters its fourth year, fake news and hostile narratives run rife in the region hindering attempts to salvage the GCC's fractured relations.
Challenges to resolving the GCC crisis
Comment: The trust deficit caused by the blockade won't be restored automatically just because a political decision was reached by the leadership, writes Khalil E. Jahshan.
The Saudi and Emirati lobbyists whispering in Trump's ear
Comment: Both the Saudis and Emiratis have got their man in the White House, and it shows, writes Jonathan Fenton-Harvey.
Kelly Craft: Who is Trump's nominee for UN envoy?
The environment and the Palestinian cause look set to suffer under the pending appointment of the staunch Republican and wife of coal-mining ...
US official in charge of resolving Qatar crisis resigns
A US official who was in charge efforts to resolve the 19-month long blockade of Qatar quits his post, becoming the latest official to depart from the resignations-plagued Trump administration
Trump forgiving a war criminal would insult all Afghans
Comment: Trump has suggested he will review the case of a US soldier charged by the US army with premeditated murder of an Afghan, writes CJ ...
Jared Kushner and MbS 'continued chatting' after Khashoggi murder
Private exchanges between Trump's Middle East envoy Jared Kushner and embattled Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman continued after the ...
Trump to pick Fox News ex-anchor as UN envoy
President Donald Trump is expected on Friday to nominate State Department spokeswoman and former Fox TV news anchor Heather Nauert as US ...
US 'ends Syria stabilisation funding' after Saudi pledge
The Trump administration is ending funding for Syria stabilisation projects as it moves to extricate the US from the conflict, citing increased ...
'Arab NATO would be a disaster for democracy
Comment: An 'Arab NATO' would represent the final nail in the coffin for the region's wave of Arab revolutions, writes Sam Hamad.
An 'Arab NATO' against Iran: easier said than done
Analysis: The GCC is fractured, Oman has a legacy of neutrality and Qatar is under siege by other Gulf nations. Trump's bid to unite them all ...
Trump hotel 'received financial boost' after Saudi royal visit
A visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to New York gave Donald Trump's hotel in the city a big boost.
Resuming US military aid to Egypt
Comment: The US sees fit to arm Sisi with more aid and weaponry, despite his regime's dismal human rights record and crackdown on civil ...
Fear and Loathing on the Arabian Peninsula
Comment: The stalemate continues after a year of blockade and barbs, writes Andrew Leber.
Public Relations in the Trump era
Comment: Trump’s foreign policy has contributed to the emboldening of human rights abusers, writes Rose Worden.
US and Turkey agree on 'roadmap' for Kurdish-held Manbij
Officials from the NATO allies met on Friday to agree on further security cooperation in relation to the Kurdish-held Syrian city.
Pompeo's Plan B on Iran: An exercise in futility
Comment: It is now perfectly clear that Trump's administration has no interest in diplomacy with Iran, and is simply bent on regime change, ...
US in Syria 'for at least six more months'
The news illustrates the competing tension of Trump wanting a speedy withdrawal from Syria while at the same time delivering a final blow to IS.
US' Pompeo tells Saudi bloc to end Qatar blockade
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, telling Riyadh to end the blockade on Qatar and reign in its offensive on ...
Pompeo makes diplomatic debut in Riyadh as US envoy
Washington's newly appointed secretary of state has landed in Riyadh on a tour of the US' key Middle East allies, after vowing to bring some ...
Trump's hawks will try to destabilise Iran
Analysis: Washington's goal is the overthrow of the Islamic Republic - but the US is unlikely to find any replacement regime more palatable, ...
Pompeo scrapes through Senate confirmation panel after Paul's U-turn
The nominee for US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo secured a shock approval from a Senate panel, amid fears his bellicose approach to diplomacy ...
Washington has no plan for post-Iran deal diplomacy
Comment: The ultimate danger of 'tearing up' the deal is diplomatic isolation, and a slow march towards military conflict, writes Marcus ...
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