More: Saudi Arabia
Business and boxing: two sides of the same coin
What do a planned US$15 billion Saudi
investment in petroleum-related Indian businesses and a controversial boxing
championship have in common?
Both reflect a world in which power...
Saudi Iranian rivalry polarises Nigerian Muslims
A recent ban on a militant, Iranian-backed Shiite
group raised the
spectre of the Saudi Iranian rivalry spilling onto Nigerian streets as security forces launched a...
Kashmir: A battleground for Middle Eastern rivals
Thought that sectarianism was a pillar of the Saud
Iranian rivalry? Think again, think Kashmir where the two countries’ geopolitical
rivalry and Turkish ambitions cross sectarian...
Muslim causes vs national interest: Muslim nations make risky bets
Saudi attitudes towards the plight of thousands of illegal Rohingya in
the kingdom fleeing persecution in Myanmar and squalid Bangladeshi refugee
camps help explain Saudi support...
Omani national security and the kind of political and military cooperation with the United States
Historical
documentary evidence suggests that the United States has always had a strategic
partner in the region. Oman is undoubtedly the closest Iranian southern
neighbor to the...
Tension in the Gulf: Not just maritime powder kegs
A recent interview in which Baloch National Movement chairman Khalil Baloch legitimized
recent militant attacks on Iranian, Chinese and Pakistani targets is remarkable
less for what...
Miles Long UK Arms Trade Routes of Saudi Arabia Reaching Ends
The opacity of oil-drenched Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
has failed to hide the blood-bath it has been shedding over several Middle
Eastern nations, both directly and...
UAE withdraws from Yemen: Managing alliances and reputational threats
A United Arab Emirates decision to withdraw the bulk of
its forces from Yemen shines a spotlight
on hard realities underlying Middle Eastern geopolitics.
The pullback suggests...
Vladimir Putin vs Liberalism 1:0
Certain that Western and liberal democratic leaders would limit
themselves to verbal denials, Russian president Vladimir Putin knew he was
kicking into an open goal when...
The Middle East: Barrelling towards a nuclear and ballistic missiles arms race
The Middle East is barrelling towards a nuclear and
ballistic missiles arms race.
The race is being aided and abetted by a US policy
that views the...