More: Saudi Arabia
Managing minefields: Saudi/UAE aid puts Pakistan-Iran relations on the spot
Pakistan is traversing minefields as it concludes agreements on investment, balance of payments support and delayed payment oil deliveries with Saudi Arabia and the...
Indian Muslims: A rich hunting ground for Middle Eastern rivals
When President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently declared that Turkey was “the only country that can lead the Muslim world,” he probably wasn’t only thinking...
Iran-Saudi Rivalry: Sectarian or Political?
The international community always declares ‘Sectarianism’ as a triggering factor behind all the conflict and clashes in the Middle East, and it injects this...
Saudi Arabia and the West’s right wing: A dubious alliance
Traditionally focussed on ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim Islam, Saudi funding in the era of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has been streamlined and finetuned to...
Saudi-Iranian Struggle in the New Middle East
It is known that the Gulf States have a good stability. Over the past ten years, they have been working to make their way...
US troop withdrawals threaten to fuel greater, potentially problematic Gulf assertiveness
As far as Gulf leaders are concerned, President Donald J. Trump demonstrated with his announced US troop withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan that his...
Gulf rivalries spill onto the soccer pitch
With the 2018 World Cup in Russia behind it, the soccer world’s focus shifts to the 2022 tournament in Qatar. Politics and the Gulf’s...
Shifting Middle Eastern sands spotlight diverging US-Saudi interests
A series of Gulf and Middle East-related developments suggest that resolving some of the Middle East’s most debilitating and devastating crises while ensuring that...
Qatar’s decision to leave OPEC
The Emirate of Qatar will leave OPEC as from January 1, 2019.
The primary reason for this choice is the Emirate’s project to become the...
US Senate resolution potentially changes Middle East dynamics
A draft US Senate resolution effectively portraying Saudi policy as detrimental to US interests and values and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as “complicit” in the killing of...