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February 13, 2019

Middle East and North Africa
U.S. Relations in the Persian Gulf

Council on Foreign Relations 2/13 Academic Conference Call on U.S. relations in the Persian Gulf

Podcast

August 19, 2019

Iran
Iran Owns the Persian Gulf Now

The Trump administration’s nonresponse to Iranian aggression has sent an unmistakable message.

A U.S. Navy soldier onboard Mark VI Patrol Boat stands guard as an oil tanker makes its way towards Bahrain port, during an exercise of U.S./UK Mine Countermeasures (MCMEX) taking place in Arabian Sea, Bahrain September 11, 2018.

April 8, 2011

Middle East and North Africa
The Persian Gulf and the West: The Dilemma of Security

This volume provides a broadly comparative and historical re-examination of the fundamental strategic dilemmas that confront the Western world in the Persian Gulf region. This systematic study of how…

March 9, 2021

Nigeria
Ransom Payment in the Gulf of Guinea

According to the Nigerian army, a ransom of $300,000 was paid to Nigerian pirates in the Gulf of Guinea to secure the release of the crew of a Chinese fishing boat. The party that paid the ransom is not reported.

A machine gun rests atop a wall of sandbags on a boat overlooking the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. A speedboat is seen heading in the direction opposite the gun.

June 3, 2008

Middle East and North Africa
Persian Gulf Nations’ Bulging Coffers Bring ’Wrenching Transformation’

Youssef Ibrahim, a risk consultant and the former Middle East correspondent for the New York Times, discusses the flood of money lining Persian Gulf coffers.