Publications

Book

Paper/Journal Article

Why Hezbollah Fell

No Military Solutions in the Middle East? There Just Might Be

Beyond Train and Equip in U.S. Security Cooperation

Saudi Arabia’s Deterrence Options Against Iran

US Security Cooperation Deserves A Fair Evaluation

After Oil-For-Security: A Blueprint For Resetting US-Saudi Security Relations

America’s Defence of Its Partners in the Middle East

Beyond Post-Desert Storm: How to Elevate the US-Kuwait Security Partnership

Biden’s Middle East Trip: What It Means And What’s Next

The Other Saudi Transformation

US-Gulf Relations at the Crossroads: Time for a Recalibration

Enabling US Security Cooperation

Battered Survivor: Hezbollah At Home and Abroad (Ed), Roundtable Report

Blindsiding the Gulf

Broken Partnerships: Can Washington Get Security Cooperation Right?

Beyond the Proxy Powder Keg: The Specter of War Between Saudi Arabia and Iran

The Cost of Military Aid

Atomic Bonds in an Age of Entropy: The Pursuit of a Nuclear Security Framework in the Middle East

Iran’s Long Game in Bahrain

U.S. Strategy Options for Iran’s Regional Challenge

Policy Brief

Lebanon needs help from the U.S. to finish disarming Hezbollah

A new regional security order in the Middle East?

Lebanon’s Success Depends on Sidelining Hezbollah

The Impact of AI on the economic and geopolitical future of the Middle East: MENA 2025 Outlook

The promise and danger of AI in the military

Israel is winning the intelligence war with Israel. Will it matter?

A US-Saudi Deal Without Israel Is An Illusion

How should a US-Saudi defence pact look?

The technology requirements of US Middle East policy

Why unconditional US support for Israel must stop

A strategy for countering the Houthi threat at sea (with Kevin Donegan, Mick Mulroy, Sam Mundy, and Joseph L. Votel)

US options to counter Houthi threat to global shipping

Dynamic Force Employment is the Future of America’s Middle East Presence

US deterrence against Iran damaged but not dead

Excising the danger of peace in the Middle East (with Kenneth Pollack)

Key takeaways from Mohammed bin Salman’s Fox interview

The costs and benefits of Saudi-Israeli normalization

Peace with Israel means war with Iran (with Nickoo Azimpoor)

Saudi Arabia can alleviate US concerns over its civilian nuclear energy program. Here’s how. (with Chen Zak Kane)

Should the US be wary of Chinese military power in the Middle East? (with Melissa Horvath)

Op-ed

US-Gulf Relations Under Trump 2.0

Why Saudi Arabia is interested in GCAP – and whether it should be

Trump’s opportunity in Lebanon

The ceasefire in Lebanon doesn’t ensure a lasting victory for Israel, but does signal a strategic setback for Iran

Hezbollah stands at a crossroads – its next steps will determine Lebanon’s fate

Hassan Nasrallah’s Assassination Is a Devastating Blow to Hezbollah

Neither Iran nor Israel will win in this fight

How a relationship with NATO could bolster a US-Saudi defence pact

عن حماية المدنيين في غزة

Is arms control experiencing a renaissance in the Middle East?

Israel’s strikes in Iran and Lebanon don’t hurt Hamas and Hezbollah much

Is Hezbollah about to go to war with Israel? (with Douglas London)

The Road to Israel-Hezbollah Peace Runs Through Gaza

How I knew the late US-Middle East envoy Martin Indyk

What I Learned in Beirut about How to Halt an Israel-Hezbollah War

The forgotten hurdles of a US-Saudi defense pact

A US-Saudi Deal Deserves Its Own Scrutiny, Regardless Of Israeli Normalization

Washington should condition US aid to Israel – regardless of what happens in Rafah

Iran’s attack on Israel was not the failure many claim but it has ended Israel’s isolation (with Sanam Vakil)

Iran’s desire to retaliate after Israel’s Damascus strike is balanced with its need to avoid a wider conflict