Oman
Oman Is Supporting The Houthis: It Should Be Held To Account
Oman cannot have it both ways—it cannot benefit from American friendship and assistance while enabling a crisis in the Middle East. A showdown may be brewing in the Middle East....
What Is the Next Step in U.S.-GCC States Relationship?
Relations between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have thrived over recent decades, deepening links in energy, trade, politics, and culture. The GCC...
Oman Must Isolate, Not Embrace, the Houthis
On January 17, the Houthi terrorist group launched a drone and missile strike from its base in Yemen against Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Kamikaze drones...
Oman Attack: Is a Showdown with Iran Brewing?
Israel’s Minister of Defense, Benny Gantz, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yair Lapid, have been pushing a full-court press, speaking to the United States and the UK, in the wake of...
Shortest War Ever? The Anglo-Zanzibar War Over in Less Than 40 Minutes
Military leaders don’t actually like wars. Wars disrupt training and no one can truly predict an outcome. But when war does come the leaders all hope for a quick and...
So Much for Suez: What Britain’s Tanker Crisis with Iran in the Gulf Really Means
Last week’s seizure of a British tanker in the Persian Gulf is nothing short of shocking. The Swedish-owned and British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero was intercepted en route to Saudi...
Know This: A U.S.-Iran War Would Not Be Fought Only in Iran
Residents in northern Cyprus were surprised on July 1 when a S-200 missile slammed into the side of a mountain in the wake of an Israeli airstrike in northern Syria....
Oman’s Balancing Act in Regional Politics May Not Last
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are becoming more entrenched in Yemen. What does this mean for the Sultanate of Oman? Yemen’s president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, recently attended an...
Israel’s Place in the Middle East Mayhem
Amid escalating tensions between the Trump administration and Tehran, Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif declared at the annual Munich Security Conference that the “risk of war” between Iran and Israel...
Washington Should Not Forget Oman
Whether it is the civil wars in Syria and Yemen, the fight against ISIS, Iranian aggression or the rift in Gulf relations, there is plenty happening in the Middle East...
Why Has America Overlooked Oman?
The Sultanate of Oman, bordering Saudi Arabia to the north and less than fifty miles across the Strait of Hormuz from Iran, has long been seen as a minor player...
Oman to Upgrade Fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified the U.S. Congress of the potential sale of a package of upgrades for Oman’s fleet of the Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons. The...