When then Saudi deputy crown prince and now crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS as he is known, mused in early 2016 that he believed it was “in the interest of the Saudi market and in the interest of (Saudi) Aramco” to sell shares in…

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 and doubts have grown about the capability of the reform will…

Donald Trump’s foreign policy approach to the Middle East, such as it is, is a wild zigzag of a ride that is now being driven largely by his National Security Advisor John Bolton. Bolton’s grand idee fixe is to effect regime change in Iran.…

Can we bet on the plans of the Gulf Countries for development and economic reform? This question, undoubtedly, remains prominent and troubling with a record of historical experiences that confirm the lack of a serious reform process in the…

US president Donald Trump has eventually carried out his threats against Iran. Two years after the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Washington exits the Iran nuclear deal reached by Western Countries and…

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 of the constitution and declared chief justice of the…

On 6 June in Jeddah the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) and his Abu Dhabi counterpart Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) convened the first meeting of the Saudi – Emirati Coordination Council. Abu Dhabi is one of seven emirates that…

We journalists are often accused, and not without merit, of focussing on the negative and ignoring the positive. The good stories, we are told, are not getting the attention they deserve. So allow me to write about what looks to be a…