Reseal the Deal with Iran
A renewed JCPOA provides a way to avoid the threat of war that would arise should Iran at some point move toward nuclear capability.
The Israel-UAE Deal Isn’t About Peace at All
The U.S.-brokered pact makes no pretense of peace for Palestinians. Instead, it sharpens a regional coalition against Iran.
In Yemen, Trump Is Taking Tolerance for War Crimes to a New Level
Those of us who oppose the war in Yemen must dig in for a serious fight.
The U.S. Isn’t Just Backing the Yemen War—It’s Helping Trap Those Forced to Flee
How the United States is helping Oman militarize its border with Yemen.
Both Parties Help Trump Boost War Spending
From dealing weapons abroad to developing nuclear arms at home, Democrats and Republicans have something in common.
Dubai’s Skyline Is a Monument to Oppression, Not Prosperity
Visual artist Arko Datto combines satellite images and text to paint a picture of migrant workers’ lives in the Arabian Peninsula — and his findings aren’t pretty.
Human Trafficking in the Gulf Not What It Seems
What’s called sex trafficking is more often voluntary sex work, which is not without its hazards either.
Bigger than Blackwater: Arming the UAE
The global arms race is booming in the Middle East, and no country has been a bigger buyer in recent years than the United Arab Emirates.
60 Second Expert: UAE
When it comes to protests in the United Arab Emirates, the United States has looked the other way.
U.S. Silences on the Arab Spring are Deafening
The Obama administration has hardly said a peep about the need for democracy in Saudi Arabia or the other oil-rich states of the Gulf, even as those regimes are cracking down on the small but growing number of democracy activists in their midst.
Break the Silence in the UAE
Protests have begun in the United Arab Emirates, but you wouldn’t know it from White House statements.