Experts in the News

The fallout from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi "looks set to really impact U.S.-Saudi ties very negatively in 2019, regardless of what the Trump administration thinks it can do to stop or prevent it," said Middle East fellow Kristian Ulrichsen in a roundup of major developments in the Middle East.

Fellow Kristian Coates Ulrichsen comments on Saudi Arabia’s first-ever hackathon, a software-coding festival aimed at creating apps to prevent deadly disasters during the hajj, the world’s largest pilgrimage.

In a Q&A with New York magazine, Middle East fellow Kristian Coates Ulrichsen gives context to tensions between Qatar and its Gulf Cooperation Council neighbors.