In Barron's: Gaza War Cuts at the Heart of De-Escalation Dynamics in the Middle East
"The Israel-Hamas war cuts at the heart of the regional de-escalation dynamics and strategy of 'de-risking' that the Saudi leadership has put a premium on achieving," said Coates Ulrichsen, as business executives headed to Saudi Arabia in the long shadow of the conflict in Gaza.
Interview on Refugees with Nigel Farage
“I think both the U.K. and the U.S. do have moral duties to receive refugees from all over the world.” Kelsey Norman, director of the Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program at Rice University, joined Nigel Farage on GBNews to discuss what should be done about refugees from Gaza.
In The Sydney Morning Herald: In the Broader Middle East, Little Desire for Conflict Involving Iran
There is no appetite in the broader region for a conflict with or involving Iran, said Coates Ulrichsen.
The greatest risk, he said, is “an escalating cycle of action and reprisal in which each side responds to the other and other actors join the fighting as well.”
Interview with Scripps News Tonight About Issues Around Hosting Refugees
In the context of the current Israel-Hamas conflict, Kelsey Norman, director of the Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program, discussed the issues for different countries around hosting refugees.
Israel plans a ground assault in Gaza as Hamas holds a large number of Israeli hostages
Gilead Sher is an Israeli lawyer and former senior negotiator in the peace process with the Palestinians. He said that Hamas is violating international law by not disclosing the identity, location or health condition of the hostages. “There's also a real fear that Hamas will treat [sic] the Israeli abductees with other Palestinian terrorist organizations. It has already announced that 30 of them have been handed to the Islamic Jihad,” said Sher, who is also a fellow in Middle East Peace and Security at Rice University’s Baker Institute.