Why Qatar Hosting the FIFA World Cup is Controversial
Since Qatar was selected to host the FIFA World Cup in 2010, it has been dogged by accusations of corruption...
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Journey to the World Cup: 6,500 Deaths and $220 Billion
Since the start of the 20th century, sports have played a significant role in developing the nation state. Lending a...
Saudi Arabia and Russia Have Now Teamed Up in OPEC+
The Texas shale phenomenon brought a huge surge in oil production in the US. We were producing about 6-7 million...
Crisis Looms as Islamists Make Gains in Kuwait
Voters in Kuwait went off to the polls once again on September 29 in what was the sixth parliamentary election...
Lebanon’s Central Banker Evades Arrest and People Rob Banks
You go into a bank with a gun, maybe it’s a toy gun, maybe it’s a real gun like a...
Pan-Arabism Returns to the Middle East
The modern Arab world was built a hundred years ago on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire by the machinations...
Egypt’s Foreign Policy Under Al-Sisi and Its Relationship with Saudi Arabia
Egypt’s foreign policy after the Arab Spring In the context of the Arab Spring, where popular uprisings brought down various...
Turki bin Salman Is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Money Man
Unveiled earlier this year, the prominent new mural inside Riyadh’s Al-Yamamah Palace — the seat of the Saudi Royal Court...
Saudi Arabia: The Story of the Missing and the Executed
While Saudi crown prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) continues to enjoy the afterglow of his fist...
Saudi Arabia and Lebanon: A Tale of Two Economies
Recently, things have been going well for Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). He got to do some fist bumping with US...
