Publications

Book

Paper/Journal Article

How to Upgrade US-Saudi Defense Relations

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

Policy Brief

Should the Gulf Arab states join the war against Iran?

Only Iran Can Disarm Hezbollah

America’s Accidental New Military Ally

Israel’s attack on Qatar shows why it’s time for a Gulf defence union

Don’t Discount the Lebanese Army in a Fight with Hezbollah

Intercepting Trouble: It’s Past Time for Integrated Air and Missile Defense in the Gulf

Lessons Observed from the War Between Israel and Iran (with Darren White)

Ahmed al-Sharaa: The Syrian president with much to prove

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

Op-ed

The Gulf States and Ukraine Need Each Other

The Iran problem won’t be solved without a counter-drone coalition (with Natasha Ahmed)

Why You Shouldn’t Dismiss the Lebanon-Israel Peace Talks

After the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire

Lebanon–Israel talks must be given a chance

Trump’s war with Iran was inevitable

The Folly of Seizing Kharg Island

How Washington Can Help Lebanon

Hezbollah has chosen Iran; now Lebanon must choose

In its fightback against the US invasion, Iran still has a few trump cards

The contest of will between Trump and Iran

Iran’s strategy for war with the US

Trump’s only Iran option

Trump’s National Security Strategy: What’s Really Different?

Would a US strike on Iran hurt or help protesters?

The Problem With the U.S.-Saudi Defense Deal

Trump should not offer Saudi Arabia one-sided security guarantees

Can Lebanon Actually Disarm Hezbollah?

Lebanon’s moment of truth

Hegseth is missing a major source of wasteful Pentagon spending