Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on or emanating from Saudi Arabia.
Security Pact or Capital Realignment? The defense agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan should not be read simply as a military…
A Deal Without Safeguards The Trump administration has approved a deal with Saudi Arabia under which the US will provide the material…
On 22 July, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed what WashingtonĀ calls a āpeaceful nuclear cooperation agreement.ā The agreement has been presented…
The Israelis had their jaws dropping and dragging on the grounds. The Saudis were cock-a-hoop. The Trump administration remains, as it always…
History is not so much past as vigorously present, often a scab to be irritated in fitful anger, or a romantic affectation…
The transformations that have unfolded across the Persian Gulf over the past two decades cannot be adequately explained through the conventional language…
The conflict in Yemen, a country already exhausted by more than a decade of war, is entering another uncertain phase. In recent…
In the sterile, high-altitude boardrooms of the Gulf, the mantra for the last decade has been one of shared destiny. From the…
Fascism thrives in societies that grow desensitized to violence. Once cruelty is normalized, political life collapses into a spectacle of force, lies,…
The world is witnessing an unconscionable silence as Israel, an occupying power, imposes a total food blockade on Gazaāan act of collective…
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