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Gulf sports diplomacy could enter choppy waters
Storm clouds may be gathering, potentially casting a shadow over Saudi Arabia's shock-and-awe sports buying spree and complicating the geopolitical and geoeconomic sports strategies...
BRICS’ Middle East Expansion: Towards an Interactive Regional-Global Mechanism
BRICS' expansion into the Middle East operates as a combination of regional and global dynamics. The expansion is not just a passive presence but...
Joining BRICS is no rejection of the West
The proposed expansion of the BRICS group has prompted alarm among some western commentators. Three of the six new states invited to join, the...
Is BRICS big enough for the Saudi-Iran reconciliation?
Joining the grouping might just be the best thing to happen to the two Middle East powers as they navigate towards normalization, writes ‘Responsible...
Reforms in GCC Countries Showing Big Impact
I moved to Riyadh in August 2018. In that period a major socio-economic transformation had already started under Vision 2030 of the Kingdom. Today,...
Arab Winter? What Arab Winter?
Protesters in Syria, Bahrain, Libya, Iran, and Israel are dashing autocratic and authoritarian hopes of a prolonged winter.
In response, Arab autocrats are scrambling to...
Saudi Arabia appreciates BRICS’ invitation, will take ‘appropriate decision’
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan told Al Arabiya TV on Thursday that the Kingdom appreciated the invitation by BRICS to join...
Spain’s La Liga challenges Gulf states’ business model
Saudi Arabia’s stunning sports acquisition blitz, alongside Qatari and Emirati European club purchases, may reshape the beautiful game, just not in ways Crown Prince...
Middle East sports go global with politics in tow
A potential sale of storied soccer club Manchester United to a member of Qatar's ruling family could take the Manchester derby to new heights.
The...
Saudi Arabia and Israel put a high US price tag on diplomatic relations
It’s not just Saudi Arabia that puts a high US price on diplomatic relations with Israel. So does Israel.
A confidante of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, strategic...