Hana Elshehaby

Hana Elshehaby is a Research Assistant for the Middle East Council on Global Affairs’ Foreign Policy Program. Her research interests include GCC foreign policy, regional security frameworks, and the Asian powers’ expanding political relations with the Middle East

Between two chokepoints: Egypt's growing Red Sea dilemma

Analysis: The Houthi Red Sea offensive is forcing Egypt to protect a vital economic lifeline while avoiding deeper regional entanglement

29 September, 2026

What is Egypt's role in the new regional security order?

Analysis: As regional powers deepen security ties, Egypt is strengthening key partnerships while preserving its strategic flexibility

20 August, 2026

Can Saudi Arabia and Turkey reshape regional air power?

The US's inability to manage the spillover from the Iran war is pushing deeper defence co-operation among regional powers

20 April, 2026

Saudi-Pakistan defence pact: A turning point for Gulf security?

After Israel's strike on Qatar, the watershed Saudi-Pakistan defence pact exemplifies an ongoing trend of security diversification among Gulf states

23 September, 2025

Gulf-US security ties: Could Israel lose its military edge?

Historically, Israel's qualitative military edge has constrained the development of US-Gulf strategic ties, but could that be about to change?

09 June, 2025

Could Trump's re-election derail the Saudi-Iran rapprochement?

Analysis: While Saudi Arabia will not endorse a return to maximum pressure on Iran, it does not want to risk its security alliance with the United States.

18 November, 2024