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...
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...
UAE’s work culture is getting future ready
Remarkable forces are reshaping the world of work in radical ways, not just in the Middle East but around the world. Disruptive innovations are...
Qatar: Big lessons from a small country
As a long-time student of geopolitics (for over 46 years), I am rarely surprised by geopolitical developments. There is an almost inevitable logic to...
Abbas has little choice but to end US boycott
Palestine’s leadership made a very difficult decision in December 2017. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is also chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization...
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...
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...
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...
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...
