More: Saudi Arabia
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...
Two World Conferences- What Can We Expect?
President Trump's abrupt cancellation of bilateral talks with Mr. Putin at the G-20 meeting in Argentina -- following the seizure of Ukrainian ships by...
Recreating geopolitical view of the media with the death of Khashoggi
McLuhan in his book "To understand the media" said: "Archimedes has said," Show me a point of reference in the world so that I...
Public Agenda and U.S. Politics
The group of Iranian students attacked the United States embassy in Tehran and more than 60 United States nationals were made hostages on 04th...
Saudi diplomatic offensive seeks to put Khashoggi behind it and thwart Qatar
As Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman tours friendly Arab nations in advance of the Group of 20 (G-20) industrialized nations summit in Argentina,...
U.S. and Saudi nuclear options
Authors: Javad Heiran-Nia, Ramin Hossein Abadian*
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) has recently pushed a plan to build seven strategic nuclear projects in...
Thaw in Egypt-Iran Relations: A Flawed Interpretation
A number of analysts, columnists and Mideast watchers have been, for last couple of years, forecasting a thaw in Egypt-Iran relations. Citing a series...