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Furthermore, as Saudi Arabia seeks to position itself as the leader of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and building on past tensions, it was determined to isolate and demonize Qatar. Doha’s diverging and independent foreign policy alignment had driven Riyadh and the United Arab Emirates, E...
Saudi Arabia, with its US alliance and abundance of oil dollars, has a very different economic story to that of Iran, which despite enormous natural gas reserves, has been hit hard by economic, trade, scientiy c and military sanctions since its 1979 revolution. Robert Mason looks at the eff...
CAIRO - Saudi Arabia will no longer sign contracts with foreign companies which do not have a regional headquarters in the kingdom after 2023, state news agency SPA reported on Monday, citing an official source. The policy, which comes into effect on Jan 1. 2024, is des...
Analysts predicted that the rise of Mohammed bin Salman will have direct influence on Saudi Arabia's foreign policy, as he takes a more confrontational stance, especially on Iran, Saudi's arch rival. THUNDERING ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN About five months after being chosen as the heir to the thr...
Responding to smug remarks by Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)notedlast October that “it takes a lot of damn gall for Saudi Arabia — a dictatorship with 3,000 political prisoners held without trial — to lecture anyone in the U.S. on the pr...
profound and complex changes, Xi said the strategic and overall significance of China-Saudi Arabia relations has become more prominent, adding that China puts the development of relations with Saudi Arabia as a priority in its overall foreign policy and especially in its diplomacy in the Middle ...
The Saudi deal with Iran and choice of China as an intermediary is consistent with a deeper shift in Saudi foreign policy, which has been evident for some time. By adapting to changing circumstances, Mohammed bin Salman is looking to Saudi Arabia’s future and trying to strike a wider balanc...
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