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Saudi Arabia

Unidentified young Yemeni man holds a rifle in Aden, Yemen.

The Significance of Events in Yemen for the Mideast Strategic Equation

The US decision to withdraw support from the battle against the Houtis in Yemen signals a change of direction away from staunch backing of Western allies in the contest with Iran, and towards an attempt at “balancing” between rival regional powers, along the lines attempted by the Obama Administration.

Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Policy Papers 30.03.2021
US Middle East Policy Yemen
Oil tanks in Ras Tanura

Who Bombed the Saudi Oil Storage Yard at Ras Tanura?

The Houthis provide deniability for an Iranian campaign of aggression.

Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Policy Papers 16.03.2021
Saudi Arabia Yemen

Will a US-Saudi rift affect Israel?

Will a US-Saudi rift affect Israel?
Inbar and Spyer: Biden’s push for human rights will backfire, especially if coupled with U.S. inaction regarding Iran and a return to the failed 2015 nuclear deal.

Professor Efraim Inbar , Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Commentary 08.03.2021
Saudi Arabia

Turkish-Iranian Rift: An Opportunity for Israel

Israel should exploit the expanding rift between Ankara and Tehran to normalize its relations with Turkey. This also could bring Turkey into the circle of countries supporting the Abraham Accords.

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
Policy Papers 02.03.2021
Iran Turkey

Events in Yemen are an indicator of broader regional dynamics

The desire for an end to war in Yemen is understandable. Unfortunately, however, the US has leverage over only one of the sides.

Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Policy Papers 02.03.2021
Yemen

With US cold shoulder, should Israel now pivot towards France?

With US cold shoulder, should Israel now pivot towards France?
Col. Olivier Rafowicz: France’s political interests currently dovetail with Israel’s on multiple issues. Col. Eran Lerman: Israel needs to be more closely coordinated with Paris.

Col. (res.) Olivier Rafowicz
Commentary 15.02.2021
Israel France Relations

In first, Saudi paper prints op-ed by Israelis – on Erdogan’s private militias

In first, Saudi paper prints op-ed by Israelis - on Erdogan's private militias
Fellows at Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security pen analysis of Turkish leader's proxy armies, based on joint research with a UAE think tank.

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak , Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Commentary 07.02.2021
Saudi Arabia Turkey

On JISS-TRENDS joint research published in Saudi Arabia

On JISS-TRENDS joint research published in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
Commentary 07.02.2021
Les Echos

Benjamin Netanyahu visits Saudi Arabia

Benjamin Netanyahu visits Saudi Arabia
Dr. Emmanuel Navon: The meeting sets the stage before finding out what will be Biden's policy.

Dr. Emmanuel Navon
Commentary 30.11.2020
Saudi Arabia

Arabs states draw closer to Israel to counter non-Arab powers Turkey and Iran

Arabs states draw closer to Israel to counter non-Arab powers Turkey and Iran
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak: Almost in every theater, Turkey, Qatar and Hamas are challenging the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
Commentary 12.11.2020
Iran Turkey
Unmanned aerial vehicle

UAVs in the Skies of the Mediterranean

UAVs, which used to be supportive weapons systems, are rapidly maturing into decisive weapons. Israel now faces threats from the entire spectrum of unmanned aerospace vehicles, ranging from Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs) to Kamikaze drones and precision ballistic missiles.

Dr. Uzi Rubin
Scholarship 11.11.2020
Middle East UAV

Will Sudan and Saudi Arabia Join the Party?

Will Sudan and Saudi Arabia Join the Party?
Dr. Joshua Krasna: The Saudis want to use normalization with Israel as leverage in the event of the installation of a more unsympathetic government in the United States.

Dr. Joshua Krasna
Commentary 25.10.2020
Saudi Arabia Sudan
Abraham Accords and China Flag Illustration

China’s View of the Abraham Accords

China aims to play a more proactive role in the Middle East, maintaining cordial relations with all rival countries. Beijing attaches great importance to its ties with Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Egypt, and therefore has welcomed the Abraham Accords (albeit in lukewarm fashion, because of tensions with the Trump administration).

Mr. Tuvia Gering
Policy Papers 20.10.2020
China China-Israel Relations

Progress, not peace: Breaking down the Trump-brokered deals between Israel, Arab states

Progress, not peace: Breaking down the Trump-brokered deals between Israel, Arab states
Prof. Efraim Inbar: Unfortunately, the Palestinian liberation national movement still has dreams that are unlikely to be achieved.

Professor Efraim Inbar
Commentary 21.09.2020
Israeli Palestinian Conflict Palestinians

On Israeli flights over Saudi Arabia and regional normalization

On Israeli flights over Saudi Arabia and regional normalization
Dr. Emmanuel Navon on i24news

Dr. Emmanuel Navon
Commentary 03.09.2020
Saudi Arabia
Israel-UAE-Mediterranean-Puzzle-Illustration

UAE treaty part of a much bigger game

Israel is a key player in the crisis currently unfolding in the eastern Mediterranean basin, on the same side as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Greece.

Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman
Policy Papers 16.08.2020
UAE-Israel Peace Plan

If the enemy of my enemy gets the bomb: Saudi nuclear plan gives Israel headache

If the enemy of my enemy gets the bomb: Saudi nuclear plan gives Israel headache
Dr. Joshua Krasna: I am sure we would be happy if the Saudis didn’t work toward nuclear weapons. But that is not the same as saying we have a significant impetus to do something about it.

Dr. Joshua Krasna
Commentary 13.08.2020
Saudi Arabia
The Middle East from space coronavirus

Coronavirus in the Middle East: A Review and Assessment

This paper reviews the responses of Middle Eastern countries to the spread of the coronavirus and highlights diplomatic and defense implications stemming from the situation. The assessment of JISS fellows is that the coronavirus crisis will not fundamentally change power dynamics in the region or alter the prevailing ambitions and policies of key countries.

Scholarship 05.05.2020
Coronavirus Middle East
National flags of the Gulf States: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, UAE,Bahrain

The Gulf: Signs of a Partial Thaw in the Intra-Sunni Cold War?

Israel needs to make clear to Washington the harm done in the region, and the potential for more harm, by the perception of American policy disarray, weakness and withdrawal.

Dr. Joshua Krasna
Policy Papers 15.12.2019
Arab Gulf states
Oil Refinery At Night Creating A Huge Smoke Cloud With Reflectio

Saudi Arabia’s Black September

The key to avoiding a Saudi-style debacle in Israel is prior intelligence and seamless early warning systems.

Dr. Uzi Rubin
Scholarship 15.10.2019
Saudi Arabia

Will Saudi Arabia establish full diplomatic ties with Israel?

Will Saudi Arabia establish full diplomatic ties with Israel?
Dr. Joshua Krasna: I don’t think it’s likely we will see formal diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, or indeed with any of the Gulf Arab states, at any time in the near future.

Dr. Joshua Krasna
Commentary 23.12.2018
Saudi Arabia

Why is murder by Iran, but not Saudi Arabia, permissible?

Why is murder by Iran, but not Saudi Arabia, permissible?
Dr. Emmanuel Navon: While it is outrageous for President Trump to let Saudi Arabia get away with murder, the atomic agreement was also indefensible. At the end of the day this is about realpolitik.

Dr. Emmanuel Navon
Commentary 30.11.2018
Saudi Arabia
Israel vs Oman smoke flags placed side by side.

Israel and the Gulf States: Some Things Change, Some Stay the Same

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Oman, the first overt visit in over twenty years by an Israeli prime minister to an Arab country that does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel, is extremely significant. However, formal diplomatic relations between Israel and Arab states will not develop without an Israeli-Palestinian agreement. While it may view positively the steps of other Gulf states to increase the visibility of their ties with Israel and it may even encourage them, Saudi Arabia itself will not formal ties with Israel in the foreseeable future either.

Dr. Joshua Krasna
Scholarship 29.11.2018
Israel foreign policy

Saudi Arabia’s own-goal

The assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul is a fascinating story with potentially far-reaching regional and global implications. How will it affect Israel?

Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror
Policy Papers 26.10.2018
Saudi Arabia
secretary_pompeo_meets_with_saudi_crown_prince_mohammed_bin_salman_30421982117

Don’t throw MBS under the bus

The Saudi Crown Prince isn’t a democrat or a strategic savior, but don’t give the evil leaders of Turkey and Iran a victory by weakening US-Saudi ties.

Mr. David M. Weinberg
Policy Papers 26.10.2018
Saudi Arabia

Khashoggi and the Jewish Question

Khashoggi and the Jewish Question.
Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman of JISS: “It is certainly not in Israel’s interests to see the status of the Saudi government diminished in Washington.”

Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman
Commentary 12.10.2018
Saudi Arabia
US middile east

Game On: The new strategy of the US and its allies in the Middle East

Bad management, corruption and a failure of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action to generate expected levels of foreign investment compound the problem.

Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Policy Papers 27.05.2018
US Middle East Policy

SAUDIS PUBLICLY OPPOSE U.S. EXITING SYRIA WHILE ISRAEL OBJECTS QUIETLY

SAUDIS PUBLICLY OPPOSE U.S. EXITING SYRIA WHILE ISRAEL OBJECTS QUIETLY
Col. Lerman: US withdrawal from Syria would have very negative consequences for Israel and the region

Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman
Commentary 12.04.2018
Saudi Arabia Syria
deputy_crown_prince_mohammad_bin_salman_bin_abdulaziz_al-saud_participates_in_the_counter-isil_ministerial_plenary_session_-_flickr_-_u-s-_department_o

What a Crown Prince Wants

Funds and favor for Saudi Arabia 2.0, and also to smash Iran.

Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Policy Papers 21.03.2018
Saudi Arabia
donald_trump_and_king_salman_bin_abdulaziz_al_saud_talk_together_may_2017

Skeptical of the Saudis

Israel should not bear-hug the problematic Saudis, nor fall prey to over-enthusiastic fantasies. Don’t assume that MBS is the answer to Israel’s prayers in facing-down Iran.

Mr. David M. Weinberg
Policy Papers 12.12.2017
Saudi Arabia

IT’S A NEW WORLD — WHERE ISRAEL SHARES INTELLIGENCE WITH THE SAUDIS

Y. Amidror: "The Saudis have crossed the Rubicon"

Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror
Commentary 23.11.2017
Saudi Arabia

On Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia

On Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia. Interview with Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman

Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman
Commentary Iran 18.11.2017
Saudi Arabia
middle east map

Iran in charge

A few seemingly unrelated incidents that took place across the Middle East this week all seem to point out that much of the regional unrest can be traced back to Iran, which is backing Shiite forces from Pakistan to Syria. That is unlikely to change.

Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror
Policy Papers 15.11.2017
Iran
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