More: Saudi Arabia
Competing Cold Wars: Trying to Predict Iranian Strategies
The end of the Cold War brought about drastic changes in global relations between states as well as a dramatic change in international politics....
Is the peace plan dead?
In 2002, the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who was then the crown prince, told a visiting journalist from the United States that...
Additional considerations on the Iranian nuclear issue
We all know that the Russian Federation has been one of the true resolver of the Iranian nuclear issue, also within the negotiations that...
President Xi Jinping’s travel to the Middle East
Historically, the Silk Road was established during the Han dynasty, between 206 B.C and 220 A.D., after the long Chinese exploration of Southern and...
The nuclear power in the Middle East: Its strategic and economic significance
If we look at the latest data, the OPEC countries – or anyway the Middle East countries - are those which are investing more...
The Rome Conference for Libya
As many as twenty-four countries gathered on February 2 last to finally decide how, to what extent and where to start opposing the Daesh/Isis...
Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia
First and foremost, it is worth analyzing what the lifting of sanctions on Iran really means for Iran and the West. ...
The United States and the Issue of Iran-Saudi Arabia Rivalry
The Shia-Sunni rivalry is old and goes back centuries. Iran assumes itself to be the leader of the world Shias and the promotion of...
Saudi Arabia – Devaluation of the Riyal
The Saudi Riyal has been pegged to the US Dollar for the past 30 years but this may all soon change as the volatile...
Saudi Arabia and Iran: A Balance of Power
The execution of Sheikh Nimr al Nimr by Saudi Arabia is heating up the Cold War in the Middle East. The tension between Saudi...