More: Saudi Arabia
Chess Tournament puts Sports Governance and Saudi Change under the Microscope
Saudi Arabia’s hosting of an international chess tournament focuses attention on the fundamental problem wreaking havoc in international sports governance and shines a spot...
Challenging the Saudi Crown Prince: Alwaleed bin Talal toughs it out
Incarcerated for almost two months in a gilded cage in Riyadh’s luxurious Ritz Carlton Hotel, Saudi billionaire businessman Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal appears to...
The Killing of Ali Abdullah Saleh – Is Peace in Yemen Possible?
Based on remarks at a 19 December 2017 NUS Middle East Institute seminar
The Middle East being the Middle East, everything is interrelated. What happens...
Russian Power Dance on Astana Round and Geneva Talks about Syria
On December 2016, The Moscow Declaration about Syrian crisis had been announced by the foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia, and Iran. Three countries agreed...
Trading Jerusalem for Iran
US president Donald J. Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem potentially sets the stage for a controversial American effort to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict backed by...
US-Saudi nuclear talks: A barometer for whither the Middle East?
Talks aimed at transferring US nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia serve as an indicator of where the Saudi-Iranian rivalry is heading as well as...
Arab anger: Governments and protesters walk a fine line
A little noticed subtext to furious protests across the Middle East and North Africa against US President Donald J. Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as...
A new war in the Middle East?
In the Middle East, a new stormy confrontation may emerge. After the ISIS militants’ defeat and the beginning of a political settlement in Syria,...
The ‘Why’ Of the Embassy Move to Jerusalem: ‘Nose to Nose With a Con Man’
The Jerusalem story is the centerpiece of news this week. Donald Trump and Mike Pence, an evangelical, in favor of moving the embassy and...
Tackling Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism: A Pakistani-US collision in the making
A recent government surrender to militant demands for stricter adherence to Islam mediated by the military coupled with the release from house arrest of...