The Iran War Has Altered the Gulf’s Balance of Power—and the Kingdom’s Calculus; Why America and China Need ASEAN; Ukraine Has Forged the Defense Industry the Continent Desperately Needs
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 2026

Can Saudi Arabia Keep Hedging?

The Iran War Has Altered the Gulf’s Balance of Power—and the Kingdom’s Calculus

By Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr

 

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At the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Cebu City, Philippines, January 2026 

The G-2’s Missing Link

Why America and China Need ASEAN

By Kai He and Huiyun Feng

 
An interceptor drone at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 2026

Europe’s Untapped Arsenal

Ukraine Has Forged the Defense Industry the Continent Desperately Needs

By Elina Ribakova and Lucas Risinger

 

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An oil tanker anchored in Muscat, Oman, March 2026 

A Post-American Persian Gulf?

The Iran War Will Accelerate the Region’s Economic Transformation

By Karen E. Young

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