On Oct. 10, a Houthi missile struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, killing 13 people and wounding more than 300. The dead included Saudi citizens alongside nationals of Bangladesh, the US, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Sudan, and India. I... See more
It is never a good sign when a country's leader, on the eve of an election, appears at a military base and speaks of signs that unspecified enemies are plotting an attack. It is alarming, and equally suspicious, when the person doing so is a prime ministe... See more
Heydar Aliyev, the late Azerbaijani president, famously coined the principle of 'one nation, two states' to describe the relationship between Turkiye and Azerbaijan as 'close allies with shared history.' That principle is now facing a tense moment. Last w... See more
Since 2011, Libya's peace initiatives have struggled to connect political agreements to the institutions and security forces needed to implement them. The Aug. 30 agreement between the Government of National Unity and the eastern-based General Command off... See more
Across the Gulf region, many towers may be performing very differently today from how they were originally designed to perform. The certification plaque tells us what a building achieved at the point of design and delivery. The meter tells us how it is pe... See more
