Kamran Bokhari

Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari

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The Most Important Point in the Gaza Peace Proposal

In an Sept. 29 joint press briefing at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a 20-point plan to end the nearly two-year war in Gaza. The most consequential point, point 15, concerns who will assume responsibility for security – and, by extension, governance – in the Gaza […]

The Saudi-Pakistani Defense Pact and Gaza

As the U.S. reduces its role in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia – encouraged by Washington – is forging a new regional security architecture. The Trump administration would like...

On Regional Security, Saudi Arabia Keeps Its Options Open

Events from the past few days underscore just how much Israel, in its continued attacks in the Middle East, has rattled the Arab world. On Sept. 17, Pakistani Prime...

US Middle East Strategy After Israel’s Doha Strike

Israel’s airstrikes targeting Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital represent an escalation with far-reaching strategic consequences. The attack in Doha blindsided the U.S., exacerbated the rift between Israel and...

Jordan and the Next Middle Eastern War

While the latest war between Israel and Hamas nears its second anniversary, yet another conflict is taking shape to Israel’s east. Israeli plans to annex large parts of the...

Saudi Arabia Taking the Lead in the Middle East

Massive geopolitical change has come to the Middle East. One of the region’s bigger powers, Iran, has been weakened by Israel, and the United States is in the process...

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