Two regional heavyweights, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have historically presented a united front on a range of geopolitical issues, from energy policies to security operations. However, the appearance of an ironclad alliance may be misleading, as growing signs of strategic and ideological divergences reveal potential fractures in this crucial Middle Eastern…
Two recent rulings from Iraq’s supreme court would dismantle Kurdistan’s ability to elect minorities and even pay its own employees. Baghdad’s aggressive push toward centralization has not gone unnoticed and a less autonomous Kurdistan is not in US interests.