More: Saudi Arabia
Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabia: A game of one-upmanship
One-upmanship in Middle Eastern sports just wretched up a notch as superstar Cristiano Ronaldo joins state-owned Saudi football club Al Nassr FC for reportedly...
Are the Geopolitics of the Middle East changing?
Several developments in recent months have raised questions about whether the Middle East is undergoing a sea change in patterns of cooperation and conflict...
Qatar was just the beginning as Middle East eyes Asian sports
This decade and beyond could be the era of Middle Eastern sports.
It may not have sunk in yet, but the Qatar World Cup was...
Tectonic shift in the Gulf: Arab states moving away from the US and towards China
The capacity of the great powers to pursue their own agenda in the West Asian region is diminishing while the role of the leading...
Xi’s Visit to Saudi Arabia: New Horizon of Cooperation
At a time when Washington’s relations with Riyadh appear to be deteriorating, Saudi Arabia and China have reiterated their collaboration on the global oil...
Foreign Affairs’ recommends to Washington: “Less narcissism, more cooperation”
Since coming to office, the Biden administration has frequently taken a binary view of the international order — a “competition of democracies and autocracies,”...
President Xi’s Historic Visit to Riyadh: A Modern Era of China-Arab Partnerships
President Xi Jinping of China is currently in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, for a series of summits with regional and international leaders. These include...
China-Arab Summit: A Paradigm Shift in Gulf States’ Policies
An epoch of history of international relation unveils that there is no permanent friend or foe; however, achieving national interests remains constant phenomenon in...
Scoring an own goal: US Middle East policy misses the plank
The Biden administration excels in scoring its own goals, nowhere more so than in the Middle East.
Missed in the hype of Chinese President Xi...
When Mr. Xi comes to town
Pomp and circumstance are important.
So are multiple agreements to be signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week, his first...