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’ model. Deleuze articulated the ‘rhizome’ concept in terms…

There is a link between the disappearance and murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the terrible war in Yemen that after more than three years continues to grind on relentlessly. The link is the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin…

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…