President Biden’s Visit to Saudi Arabia
US President Joe Biden in his presidential campaign would often say, “Don’t compare me to the Almighty. Compare me to the alternative.” And that is exactly the approach the United…
The Saudi Succession And The Sociocultural-Religious Reforms Of Mohammed Bin Salman
The immensity of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reforms in Saudi Arabia have not been adequately understood by outside observers. In a state three hundred years old with a bloody…
A Perceptible De-escalation in The Gulf
A picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words. On the face of it, the recent photo of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman hosting the emir of Qatar…
Saudi Arabia Two Decades After 9/11
With Afghanistan back in the hands of the Taliban as we approach the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, it would be easy to conclude that the Middle East has…
In Defense of Monarchies Post the Afghanistan Collapse
With the Afghanistan collapse, the time has come to revisit an ongoing obsession among Western politicians and pundits: the promotion of democracy in the Arab and Muslim world. The fundamental…