INTELBRIEFS
July 17, 2019
IntelBrief: Iran Crisis Spills over to UK
On July 4, British marines and police authorities of Gibraltar, a territory of the UK, seized an Iranian supertanker, the Grace 1, purportedly en route to deliver about 2 millio......
READ MOREJuly 16, 2019
IntelBrief: Saudi Arabia Forced to Fight its Own War in Yemen
With the United Arab Emirates (UAE) adjusting its cost-benefit calculus in Yemen, resulting in a serious disengagement there, Saudi Arabia will have to shoulder more of the dire......
READ MOREJuly 15, 2019
IntelBrief: Playing a Dangerous Game: External Support to Civil Wars & Insurgencies
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has dumped weapons into conflict zones throughout the Middle East. In Yemen, for example, the UAE has been accused of allowing rebels linked to al......
READ MOREJuly 12, 2019
IntelBrief: A Political Breakthrough in Sudan?
Following months of fighting, Sudan’s current ruling military government and the political opposition have forged a power-sharing agreement. The current deal stipulates a thre......
READ MOREJuly 11, 2019
IntelBrief: Iran Crisis Returns to Nuclear Issues
The roots of the recent U.S.-Iran tensions are the Trump administration’s May 2018 decision to withdraw the United States from the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal with Iran (Jo......
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