
Eight Nations, One Dream: Scouting the 2026 Arab World Cup Squads Amid Active Sports Diplomacy with Iran
By Ryan Long, Marguerite Nairac, Suzanne Slovak, and William Lawrence For generations, Arab fans watched the World Cup

By Ryan Long, Marguerite Nairac, Suzanne Slovak, and William Lawrence For generations, Arab fans watched the World Cup

The King Faisal Prize honors its 2026 laureates this month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Established by the eight

The contemporary debate over whether the United States is “running out of munitions,” though can be reduced to

Introduction Modern wars in the Middle East rarely remain confined within national borders. Because the region sits astride

The Trump administration’s Middle East policy has been structured around three mutually reinforcing tracks. First, it has sought

Since the end of the Cold War, American primacy has rested on two strategic spheres: the Asia-Pacific and

A man holds Syrian revolution flags in Aleppo, Syria as President Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year authoritarian rule has ended

[U.S. President Donald Trump and GCC leaders in Riyadh in May 2017 (AFP)] As President Donald Trump prepares to visit the Gulf region…

Prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Israel and Iran maintained a robust strategic partnership, underpinned by shared interests

Introduction The Syrian conflict, ignited in 2011 amidst the fervor of the Arab Spring, has been a theater