More: Saudi Arabia
How Are Yemen’s Houthis Breaking Through Saudi Arabia’s Air Defences?
Yemen’s Houthi movement has exposed vulnerabilities in Saudi Arabia’s air defences after attacks on Riyadh’s international airport and the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, raising...
The Bypass Is the Target: What This Week’s Gulf Escalation Reveals About Energy Security
On Tuesday, a Houthi missile strike set fire to part of Saudi Aramco's executive headquarters in Dhahran, the administrative heart of the kingdom's oil...
Diesel Diplomacy: A Weekend Peace Discount Meets a Gulf War Premium — and the Bond Market Prices the Fed Instead
Today's Numbers
~$103 (Brent on Monday morning, off a weekend spike above $105) · 5.24% (US 10-year Treasury yield at Friday's close) · 74.5% (Polymarket...
Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia Unite Against Houthi Attacks on Riyadh
Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have condemned Houthi attacks on Riyadh's international airport, describing them as a dangerous escalation that threatens regional and...
Greece’s $4bn Bet: How Washington Is Rebuilding Its Eastern Mediterranean Around Athens
The Visit That Skipped Ankara
On 7 October, Marco Rubio and Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis closed the sixth US–Greece Strategic Dialogue in Athens with...
Houthi Attack on Saudi Airport Kills 12 in Kingdom’s Deadliest Strike in a Decade
At least 12 people were killed and over 300 wounded during an attack on Riyadh's international airport, marking the deadliest incident in Saudi Arabia...
Pakistan’s Military Expands Gulf Role as Parliament Sits on the Sidelines
Eleven years after Pakistan decided against joining a Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, the country has now agreed to send more forces to Saudi Arabia...
Bab al-Mandab: Saudi Arabia’s Hormuz Escape Route Under Fire
On 4 October, Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, went on television from Saudi Arabia to announce a campaign to retake the...
Houthis Hit Aramco, Iran Keeps Hormuz Shut: What Markets Are Pricing In for Oil, the Dollar and Europe’s Bonds This Week
TODAY'S NUMBERS: $102 (Brent crude) · 5.18% (US 10-year Treasury yield, Friday) · $4,137 (Gold, down 3% on the week). A wartime oil price...
Rent the Coast, Don’t Pick a Side: The Horn of Africa’s Middle East Problem
Twenty Kilometres From Africa
On 11 September the Houthis took Mocha and Perim Island and completed their capture of Yemen's Red Sea coast. Iran's Yemeni...