More: Saudi Arabia
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...
Public decency law puts Saudi reforms in perspective
A newly adopted Saudi law on public decency helps define Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman’s vague notion of ‘moderate Islam.’
It also lays bare the pitfalls...
Operation Car Wash blueprint spreading to Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia
Brazil’s infamous Operation Car Wash is an ongoing, massive
operation to investigate allegations that government officials under Presidents
Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula...
Maritime incidents in the Persian Gulf
On June 13
last, the US Fifth Fleet - stationed in Manama, Bahrain - received two
different danger alerts - one at 6.12 and the other...