The Washington Outsider
Irina TsukermanAnalysis and not so random thoughts on national security, human rights, international affairs, politics, current events, MENA, information warfare, and whatever strikes the author’s fancy while she is sipping on her tea.
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Pacts, Pirates, and Protection Money
Egypt at the Door: Why Cairo Is Still Outside the Mecca Defense Pact
Egypt has spent much of 2026 behaving like a member of an emerging Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani security architecture without becoming a formal member of its most consequentia...
The Wider Perimeter: Saudi Arabia and the New Middle Eastern Security Architecture
The Arc of Pressure
Saudi Arabia has spent the better part of a decade attempting one of the most ambitious national transformations in the modern Middle East. Vision 2030 is designed to shift the Kingdom from overwhelming dependence on hy...
Gaza and Lebanon: The Mirror Image
Lebanon and Gaza: The Same Disarmament Failure on Two Fronts
Lebanon and Gaza have long been discussed as separate conflicts governed by different political arrangements, regional actors, and diplomatic frameworks, yet the policies applied...
Saudi Security Initiatives Under the Microscope
Nuclear Limbo
The U.S.-Saudi civilian nuclear agreement has entered the most politically ambiguous phase of its development. Washington and Riyadh announced the agreement as a major strategic achievement, and Saudi officials presented the...
Paying for Peace, Preparing for Abandonment
The Price of Passage
The Gulf states’ willingness to consider arrangements that resemble a “bribes-for-peace” scheme with Iran reflects a strategic calculation shaped by geography, financial exposure, infrastructure timelines, and the limi...
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A human rights and national security lawyer dedicated to actionable analysis, Irina Tsukerman is the Editor in Chief of The Washington Outsider and President of Scarab Rising, Inc.
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