One, Al-Qaeda and its allies were killing a lot of Muslim civilians. This wasn't very impressive for a group that positioned itself as if they were the founders of Islam. That argument was undercut by, among other examples, the atrocities Al-Qaeda in Iraq pe...
The geopolitics of space, once a frontier that brought rivals together for the good of humankind, are now mirroring the competition on Earth pitting the U.S. and its allies against China and Russia. And just as Beijing and Moscow have blamed American military alliances in Europe and A...
such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, in recent years. With the drawdown of the nearly decade-long Shia-Sunni proxy wars that washed over Iraq, Yemen and Syria, Iran’s elite force, the Revolutionary Guards, has since then shifted its focus...
"It doesn't matter how beautiful your idea is, it doesn't matter how smart or important you are. If the idea doesn't agree with reality, it's wrong", Richard Feynman (paraphrased)
Other South & West Asian Allies Bahrain UAE Saudi Arabia Iraq (sui generis) Afghanistan (sui generis) India (emerging, converging national interests, Chinese building naval base on Sri Lanka, France-India and USA-India nuclear tech deals) ...
The source added that there was still a chance for surprises at the face-to-face meeting. Saudi Arabia, Russia and other members of OPEC+ have already pledged oil output cuts of 5.16 million barrels per day, or about 5% of daily global demand, in a series of steps that started in late...
Middle East War: Iran's Allies Are Secretly Launching Missiles at Saudi Arabia as Tehran Takes Control in the Battle for Dominance; in Yemen, Tehran-Backed Rebels Have Secretly Struck Saudi Arabia Dozens of Times with Long-Range Missiles-Yet Another Sign That Iran Is Winning the Proxy War ...
So who are these people and how they can maintain such consistency in countries that are far apart in the world, ranging from Russia to China to the United States of America? There’s one operative way to look at this, they have done so through a strict narrative that is force fed to...
“I think that’s indicative of the influence and power that China has,” he said. Looking to the future A few months after the October 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was still struggling to contain the fallout. ...