Saudi Arabia is the first G20 member to announce significant budget cuts, despite a pandemic that is far from being over. As the world’s largest oil exporter, Riyadh’s decision has far-reaching impacts beyond the Gulf region. Even as many other...
On Sunday, November 22, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a direct flight to Saudi Arabia, marking an unprecedented event in Middle Eastern history and the two countries increasingly close covert partnership. In Neom — a planned futuristic city in...
Three terrorist attacks have hit Saudi Arabia in the last few days. The first saw a Saudi man stab a security official at the French consulate in Jeddah, followed by an attack on a non-Muslim cemetery during a Remembrance Day...
Saudi Arabia and Iran have shared a mutual dislike for one another since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, but despite the rhetoric from both sides, there have only been a handful of violent incidences between the two over the past three...
In a surprise move by Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s government has imposed a total ban on importing goods and a freeze on bilateral trade exchanges with Turkey. Although the real reason behind this Saudi step is totally clear, it also reflects...
Most of Saudi Arabia’s history has been dominated by authoritarian systems of government, from caliphs to tribal leaders and kings. Democratic institutions such as a parliamentary body have never had a chance in the Arab kingdom. That history notwithstanding, a...
On Tuesday, the White House celebrated the creation of diplomatic relations between Bahrain, the UAE, and Israel. It is another foreign policy success. Within a few weeks, both the UAE and Bahrain agreed to establish relations with Israel. However, without...
A new book by Wall Street Journal reporters Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck exposes the blatant hypocrisy and corruption of Saudi politics and its crown prince, deputy prime minister and minister of defense Mohammad bin Salman (MBS). Welcome to the...
The atmosphere outside the purpose-built, 15,000-seat stadium that hosted heavyweight contenders Antony Joshua and Andy Ruiz in December was unusually civilized for a boxing match. Families with young children strolled through the Diriyah Oasis, a manicured park designed to celebrate...
Saudi Arabia – the world’s largest oil exporter – is another country that is currently succumbing to the economic downturn caused by COVID-19. The kingdom, in which money seemingly has been almost no object for decades, needs to implement cutbacks...
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