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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Closing the Gates: The Dual Maritime Siege of the Gulf and Red Sea
When the Lifeline Became the Target
For years, Saudi Arabia approached maritime security from the assumption that its greatest energy infrastructure risks lay inside its own territory. Missile defenses, air defenses, hardened facilities, a...
The Houthis Never Really Went Anywhere
The Truce That Never Existed: How Saudi-Houthi Deterrence Was Mistaken for Peace
The renewed exchange of fire between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis has produced an instant obituary for a “two-year truce.” That description has been repeated...
Headline Wars: What Really Happened in the Middle East This Week
Who Fired From Bahrain?
The Middle East entered the week of July 13, 2026, under a cloud of contradictory claims, partial disclosures, mislabeled footage, and headlines that imposed clarity on events that remained deeply unclear. Iran had...
Beyond Oil, Beyond Hormuz: The New Contest for Gulf Supremacy
Trump’s Emirati AI Tilt
The Trump administration’s decision to give the United Arab Emirates exceptionally broad access to advanced American artificial intelligence chips, servers, drones, satellites, military equipment, and other sensitiv...
Beyond the Ceasefire: Why Iran’s Aggression Cannot Be Solved Without Rolling Back Its Doctrine
The Ceasefire That Never Was
The latest U.S.-Iran exchange of fire exposed the weakness that sat inside the ceasefire from the beginning: it rested on temporary restraint, public messaging, and tactical convenience, not on a serious settle...
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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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