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Houthis Attack Saudi Tankers as Red Sea Tensions Escalate
The Iran-aligned Houthi movement claimed on Thursday that it had attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, opening a new front in...
Trump’s Saudi Nuclear Pact Could Reshape Middle East Security
The Trump administration supports a nuclear energy agreement with Saudi Arabia that would allow the country to enrich uranium and process spent nuclear fuel,...
Saudi Oil Tankers Turn Back as Houthis Escalate US-Iran Conflict
Two oil tankers carrying Saudi crude to Asia changed their course in the Red Sea on Tuesday after threats from Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, highlighting...
Saudi Arabia Boosts Yanbu Oil Exports as Houthi Threats Grow
Saudi Arabia has increased crude oil exports from its Red Sea terminal at Yanbu to near maximum capacity as security risks in the Gulf...
Saudi’s strategy for Yemen: a stick for the southerners, a carrot for Europe’s defense ministries
Saudi Arabia’s Yemen policy master, Riyadh’s ambassador Mohammed al-Jaber, believes in stick-and-carrot diplomacy—he shows the stick to Yemen’s dissenters and the carrot to Europe’s...
A Civilian Façade: Riyadh’s Push to Rebrand Burhan Collapses on His Record
Saudi Arabia is quietly trying to build a civilian political base around Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, according to Africa Intelligence,...
The Rise of Strategic Middle Powers
In February 2025, the most consequential US-Russia talks since the invasion of Ukraine did not happen in Washington, Moscow, or Brussels. They happened in...
Saudi Arabia Names Princess Maha to Lead FII Institute
Saudi Arabia's Future Investment Initiative Institute has named Princess Maha Al Saud as its new chief executive.
The institute holds an annual summit in Riyadh...
China analyses Trump’s Push for Gulf and Middle East Expansion of Abraham Accords
Chinese intelligence and military circles analyze the Abraham Accords between the Gulf states, the Middle East, and Israel as not merely peace treaties but...
Strategic Ambiguity Is Becoming the Gulf’s New Deterrence Doctrine
In the Gulf, the most important signals are increasingly the ones no actor fully confirms.
For decades, Gulf security rested on a relatively clear deterrence...