A whopping 78% of Americans want to end the war with Iran. The few holdouts itching for more war seem to be concentrated in our nation’s capital, where Democrats, Republicans, and the op-ed class are clamoring for continued violence. These Beltway hawks are growing increasingly desperate to upend the fragile Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that … Read more
The roles played by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey in facilitating the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding” underscore the extent to which regional actors have invested in creating off-ramps for the United States and Iran, and steering the conflict away from further escalation. Across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), this diplomatic off-ramp has garnered broad … Read more
Shivani Pandya Malhotra has stepped down as general manager of Saudi Arabia‘s Red Sea Film Festival after playing an instrumental role in building the event from scratch and, over the course of five editions, turning it into one of the Arab world’s most prominent festivals and the top movie market in the MENA [Middle East and North … Read more