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Changing Roles: Why Countries of Middle East May be Future’s Best-Suited Mediators?
Today’s world, with its current architecture of international relations, has entered a new phase of transformation, one that will take years. As a rule,...
Third-Party Liability
The Western world was shocked in late September when news broke that Saudi Arabia had helped negotiate a 300-person prisoner swap between Ukraine and...
Could OPEC Plus oil production cuts end the historical relations between Washington and Riyadh?
Not quite four months have passed since President Biden's controversial meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his historic visit to Saudi...
Indonesian Muslims gamble on problematic ties to Saudi government vehicle
Nahdlatul Ulama, arguably the world’s only Muslim mass movement propagating a genuinely moderate and pluralistic form of Islam, has forged an unlikely, albeit temporary,...
UAE’s balanced foreign policy
In recent years, the foreign policy of two Gulf states -- Saudi Arabia and UAE – has been witness to significant changes. One of...
Betting on the wrong horse: The battle to define moderate Islam
Proponents of a moderate Islam that embraces tolerance, diversity, and pluralism may be betting on the wrong horse by supporting Muslim scholars on autocrats'...
Saudi crown prince shifts into high gear on multiple fronts
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is simultaneously speed dating and playing on multiple diplomatic, religious, and economic chessboards.
The latest feather in his crown,...
Public opinion surveys challenge the image Arab leaders like to project
Several recent public opinion surveys send a mixed message to autocratic reformers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, which hosts this...
Returning morals and ethics to domestic and foreign policymaking
The Biden administration is mulling whether to grant Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sovereign immunity in a case related to the 2018 killing...
Qatar World Cup: An unintended boon for the UAE
Qatar's 2022 World Cup promises to benefit not only itself but also to provide an unintended economic, political, and religious soft power boon for...