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Consular Protection

The world is rightly outraged at how Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed, but I was also horrified by where.  As the U.S. Consul General in...

A Saudi Arabian Pivot to Asia?

As Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) wraps up his week-long tour of Pakistan, India and China, many have been left contemplating the implications of...

Saudis’ Yemeni headache won’t go away if and when the guns fall silent

These are tough times for Saudi Arabia. The drama enveloping the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the brutal way in which it was carried out...

South Asian Geopolitics: Saudi Arabia: 1 Iran: 0?

It may be reading tea leaves but analysis of the walk-up to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit and his sojourn in Islamabad suggests that...

Breaking Down the South Asian Dynamic: Post Pulwama attack & Saudi Prince’s visit

The political and strategic activities of the South Asian region have been on a high for the past week or so. The region faced...

Geopolitics, the black swan in Saudi-Indian relations

When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week, the elephant in the room is likely to be...

The Saudi Crown Prince’s maiden visit to Pakistan

The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, is scheduled to visit Pakistan on 16th February for two days. This is the first high-level visit...

Suicide attack in Iran frames visit to Pakistan by Saudi crown prince

This week’s suicide attack on Revolutionary Guards in Iran’s south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, the second in two months, could not have come...

Warsaw meeting: Roots of the crises in the Middle East

The U.S. is co-hosting a conference on the Middle East with Poland in Warsaw. It has claimed the aim of the conference is to...

Prince Mohammed’s Khashoggi bullet: An insight into Saudi strategic thinking

Continued, albeit slower-paced US and Turkish leaks potentially provide insight into far more than the circumstances of the October killing of Saudi journalist and...

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