More: Saudi Arabia
Middle Eastern protests challenge debilitating Gulf counterrevolution
Much of
the Middle East’s recent turmoil stems from internecine Middle Eastern
rivalries spilling onto third country battlefields and Saudi and United Arab
Emirates-led efforts to roll...
Balochistan: A powder keg at a geopolitical crossroads
Balochistan should be oozing with optimism as Chinese and Saudi
investment pours into the troubled Pakistani province. It is not. Instead,
Balochistan, a key node in...
The fallacy of soccer’s magical bridge-building qualities
Imagining
himself as a peacemaker in a conflict-ridden part of the world, FIFA President
Gianni Infantino sees a 2022 World Cup shared by Qatar with its...
Syrian Coup de Grâce
The Middle
Eastern land has a diverse blend of history with conflicts and developments in
knowledge. Where on one hand Baghdad was considered as the realm...
The battle for leadership of the Muslim world: Turkey plants its flag in Christchurch
When Turkish
vice-president Fuat Oktay and foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu became this
weekend the first high-level
foreign government delegation to travel
to Christchurch they were doing more
than expressing...
Oil Market Report: Supply cushion insures against losses
The electricity crisis in Venezuela has paralysed most of the country
for significant periods of time. Although there are signs that the situation is
improving, the...
Turkish-Chinese spat puts Central Asian leaders on the spot
A Turkish-Chinese spat as a result of Turkish criticism of China’s crackdown on
Turkic Muslims in its strategic but troubled north-western province
of Xinjiang complicates efforts...
Saudi gas export plans shine new light on efforts to isolate Iran
Saudi plans to become a major gas exporter within a
decade raise questions about what the real goal of the
kingdom’s policy, and by extension that...
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...