Appraising the geopolitical and market fallout from the mysterious attack on Saudi oil facilities earlier this month.

The political dispute in Sudan is fertile ground for wider geopolitical machinations between the Saudi-UAE and Turkey-Qatar blocs. Is Sudan doomed to become the next Syria?

If history is any indication, don’t expect Russia to jump to Iran’s assistance in the event of a US military strike.

Should the Saudi government be worried about its growing budget deficit?

Two instances of sabotage on Saudi oil infrastructure suggest the possibility of Iranian blowback from mounting tensions with the United States.

Iran’s military strategy calls for asymmetric warfare against a much more powerful foe in the United States, with a focus on increasing the military and economic costs of any potential conflict.

Examining Hezbollah, the paramilitary group at the heart of the Saudi-Iran contest for the Middle East.

While it’s true that Iran presides over well-documented human rights abuses, these abuses are often exaggerated to the point of creating a tyrannical mythos that’s completely detached from reality.

Ebola spreading in DRC, Bank of Japan mulling an end to Abenomics, and Iran finds itself under US sanctions once again.

Iran sanctions are disruptive for both energy markets and US strategy toward the Middle East.