Why Don’t Football Fans and Arab Sheikhs Love Each Other?
Manchester United fans are getting ready to make the Emir of Qatar feel like an unwelcome guest.
Arab world
Egypt’s Foreign Policy Under Al-Sisi and Its Relationship with Saudi Arabia
Since coming to power after the coup against the Mursi government, General Al-Sisi has sought to re-establish the foreign policy lines drawn in pre-revolutionary Egypt.
Turki bin Salman Is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Money Man
Turki bin Salman is the quiet money man, the consigliere, in the family business of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman. Turki’s star is rising as the already immense fortune of Salman’s immediate family continues to grow and grow.
Saudi Arabia: The Story of the Missing and the Executed
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman continues his ruthless campaign of suppressing critics and anyone else he deems a threat to his one-man rule.
Saudi Arabia and Lebanon: A Tale of Two Economies
The Saudi economy is buoyant while the Lebanese economy has collapsed, marking the contrasting fates of different players in the Middle East.
President Joe Biden, Crown Prince MBS and Realpolitik
Despite the optics and the apparent climbdown by President Joe Biden amidst claims of Saudi resentment and a rupturing US-Saudi partnership, Chatham House’s Neil Quilliam and Azure Security’s Alice Gower argue that the relationship with Saudi Arabia though strained was never at serious risk.
Saudi King Salman, His Sons and Airbus
A historic bribery case involving Saudi Arabia and an Airbus subsidiary comes before a UK court, threatening a much more recent Airbus deal masterminded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Oil Realpolitik Has Returned With a Vengeance
Both economics and politics point to Riyadh’s looking to keep OPEC+ to its July 2021 agreement for as long as possible.
