The loss of Islamic State’s last major holding in Iraq could usher in a new phase of state and sectarian conflict along the Iraq-Syria border.

Different core interests are keeping Iran and Russia from seeing eye-to-eye on Assad’s fate after the Syrian civil war.

Two of the world’s biggest energy heavyweights have agreed to help “support stability in the oil market,” but is it just more empty rhetoric?

Just as OPEC lost control over global oil production with increased production, technology, and innovation from the US in 2011, Saudi Arabia stands to lose its control over OPEC as Iran’s oil & gas industry opens up to foreign investment.

We break down the geopolitical fallout from the two very different views on US-Saudi relations being forwarded by presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Just how practical is Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 plan to transition its economy away from oil?

Disagreements within OPEC are thwarting a recovery in global oil prices.

Saudi Arabia is burning through its fiscal and natural resources at an alarming rate.

It’s not just the United States where the nuclear deal is controversial. In Iran, it has set the stage for an epic battle between the conservative and reformist elements of Iranian politics.

Washington just lost its ‘boots on the ground’ on the next major front in the war against Sunni extremism.