Interview with FT Middle East Editor on NEOM
https://soundcloud.com/user-728275483-660306983/interview-by-andrew-england
Interview with BBC World Radio on the CIA Khashoggi report
https://soundcloud.com/user-728275483-660306983/ali-shihabi-on-bbc-world-discussing-the-cia-report-on-khashoggi
The Hashemite Kingdom of “Palestine”
The recently announced Bantustan-like “deal of the century” and the basically insurmountable power imbalance between the Arabs and Israelis, let alone between the Palestinians and Israelis, argues for a radical
The Audacity of Iran’s Foreign Minister
If the Persian language had a term for chutzpah, it should have been the title for Javad Zarif’s recent essay in The Atlantic. Written by Iran’s foreign minister and master propagandist, a man who
Muhammad Bin Salman Is Here to Stay
On Oct. 2, 2018, the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. After his disappearance, politicians and pundits called on the United States and its allies
Is Saudi Arabia Really So Angry at Canada Over a Tweet?
Last week, the Saudi government expelled the Canadian ambassador from Riyadh, and canceled flights, educational exchanges, and trade and investment activities between the two countries. This crisis was precipitated by a tweet —