More: Saudi Arabia
Privatisation in the Gulf: the key to both recovery and diversification?
With Saudi Arabia announcing plans to raise $55bn through its privatisation programme, other Gulf countries are similarly stepping up efforts to stimulate private investment in...
Why the West Want to Stop Iran Becoming a Nuclear Power?
Iran is a regional powerhouse in the Middle East only rivals Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey. The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is...
Saudi Arabia and Iran cold war
After almost seven decades, the cold war has reached the middle east, turning into a religious war of words and diplomacy. As Winston Churchill...
Iran-Saudi Arabia talks: Some good news
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) recent comments where he batted for better bilateral ties with Iran have understandably drawn attention (given that...
Reconciliation among the Gulf States: New concern for the US & others?
It was 5th June of 2017, when Saudi Arabia, declared a ban on Qatar and its registered planes, ships and naval facilities from using...
Yemen war: Reasons behind new peace initiative
Why Saudi Arabia has given a new peace initiative to end Yemen conflict
Yemen, a tiny state on the Arabian Peninsula, has been a place...
BRI project thriving in Middle East
Why Middle East is of immense importance for belt and road initiative project?
BRI a developmental approach embraced by China is the revival of ancient...
Playing US politics: Saudi Arabia targets Middle America
Amid Washington chatter about the future of US-Saudi relations, the kingdom has launched an unprecedented public diplomacy campaign to marshal business and grassroots support...
In the bull’s eye: Turkish, not Saudi, schoolbooks
In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as the bull’s eye of criticism of supremacist and intolerant curricula in...
Reform in Saudi Arabia: A road not taken
Saudi Sheikh Salman al-Awdah, a popular but controversial religious scholar who has been mostly in solitary confinement since 2017, appeared in court this week...