Gulf States: Wasted Wealths and Short American Garment
What is more significant
than the domestic repercussions for the U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision
to withdraw from Syria is the question of whether it would be possible for…
Jamal Khashoggi and Mohammad bin Salman: the state wins, and the journalist loses
On 2 October, the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered during his presence inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The unsuccessful Saudi operation carried out by the…
The Gulf States: From One Family to a ‘Rhizome’ of Cousins
The French philosopher Gilles Deleuze introduced a unique political and social view through the concept of ‘rhizomes,’ put forward as an alternative for the traditional ‘tree-like’…
Saudi Arabia: Half Reform, Half Revolution
From the outset of the Saudi reform project, which coincides with the appointment of Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as the new Crown Prince in June 2017, many concerns…
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates after Five Years: What the Economy Earns, Politics Wastes
On July 3, 2013, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi removed the Egyptian elected president Mohamed Morsi. The Minister of Defense then, and the current President suspended the provisions…
Six Qatari Incentives to Overcome the Gulf Crisis
On 5 June, the Gulf crisis wraps up its first year—a year that has witnessed major financial losses the involved states incurred on the one hand, and pressing political, economic…
10 recommendations for the midway route meeting in Bahrain
On the eve of the 14th of February that coincides with the seventh anniversary of the start of the protests in Bahrain, Sheikh Hussein Al-Dayhi, the Assistant Secretary General of…
What is frightening about MbS being the King of Saudi Arabia?
On multiple levels, Saudi Arabia stands at the crossroads between those who see Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) inevitably ascending to the throne in the coming few days/months, and…
The New Axis of Dissent: The Qatari Money, and Turkey & Iran as the Two Largest Representatives of Islam
Following a fierce war by proxy on the Syrian territory and a great drain on its resources in order to create a new balance of power in the region, the opportunity for the return…
Why Saudi’s coalitions born dead
The last Saudi declaration to form the "Islamic Military Coalition" to fight terrorism, as new attempt from Riyadh to defend its regional role, politically, economically and…