Saudi Arabia

Camels belonging to Qatari owners are seen inside a truck next to the Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on February 28th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

An expert on the region makes five predictions about what's in store for the area in the next year.

• By James L. Gelvin

Heir to the throne, Prince Mohammad bin Salman, risks further destabilizing the Middle East through his bellicose rhetoric, political crackdowns, and military escalation.

• By Elise Knutsen

The decision comes eight months after women were first able to run and vote in local elections.

• By Morgan Baskin

American foreign policy doesn’t often see beyond friend and foe, but it should.

• By Douglas Ollivant

Saudi Arabia's execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr demonstrates that Riyadh is able to act with growing impunity in the Middle East. It also signals a potentially dangerous shift in American-Saudi relations.

• By Cameron Hood

Climate change affects women disproportionately—yet tensions among Middle Eastern states, and a dearth of women at COP21, mean the final agreement is unlikely to do much for them.

• By Lucia Graves