Rise in petrol prices and woes of commuters
The slight increase in petrol prices has started taking a toll on average Saudis and residents. The drivers transporting students and female teachers are demanding...
El Nino's end offers ray of hope for the distillate market
Britain's Labour Party adopted the song "Things can only get better" as its campaign anthem for the 1997 general election, expressing the party's ambitions...
New Saudi undertaking is of epic proportions
Earlier this week, the great and the good congregated in Riyadh at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Summit to deliberate the role of sovereign...
Why Middle East needs an EU-like regional order
The UAE and Turkey last week exchanged accusations regarding Libya, with each party claiming that the other is a hostile, destabilizing force in the...
Pope Francis' relationship to a movement that divided Latin America
As Pope Francis visits the United States, liberation theology is again in the public debate - and for good reason. Commentators have noted -...
When Vladimir Putin looks in the mirror, does he see Syria's Assad?
As Russia ups its game in Syria - apparently supporting President Bashar al-Assad's regime with tanks, naval infantry and air defense systems - Vladimir...
Saudi women’s work and challenges in the council just starting
I was disappointed, dismayed and depressed to say the least. Before the news came out, many women and men supported the stand taken by...
Ushering in the new digital era
We are living a new reality. The ways we socialize, exercise, work, travel, consume and trade have been updated, like new software on our...
A dangerous moment for Ukraine's fragile ceasefire
Behind the scenes, U.S. diplomats are rediscovering Ukraine as a foreign-policy priority.
On Jan. 15, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with a key...
Ammon Bundy and the myth of the American West
The arrest of Ammon Bundy and many of his supporters last week left one man dead and a handful of protesters still occupying a...
