The CSIS Energy and National Security Program examines the September 14 attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure and what they mean for the global oil market.

Although historical precedents indicate that Russia has preferred to free ride on OPEC production cuts, there are several recent developments that suggest that they may be more committed to cooperating with the Saudis this time around.

The notion that President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shared political characteristics would ensure continued progress in building ties between the United States and India is visibly falling apart. Though leaders in both countries...

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain, along with Egypt, broke diplomatic relations with Qatar on June 5 and simultaneously announced a trade embargo. The trade restrictions include closing airspace to Qatari planes and banning Qatari seaborne vessels....

The events in Iran and the Gulf during the last week have been a grim reminder that Iran remains the major threat to U.S. strategic interests in the Gulf and the Middle East, and that General James Mattis has been all too correct in singling out Iran as such a threat....

In fact, Bernie Sanders and the Gulf governments approach the question of governance from opposite directions. ​Sanders has argued that U.S. politics plays too great a role serving the interests of the few, and bankers in particular.

While Saudi Arabia is not always the easiest place to understand, Western misunderstandings of last weekend’s cabinet reshuffle are especially notable. The story that many newspapers issued was that the long-standing oil minister was sacked by an ambitious deputy crown...

On March 11, 2011, an historic earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan and also caused three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to experience core meltdowns. Five years later, 99,750 people still cannot return to their hometowns in the Fukushima...