Why save Lebanon?
My Saudi friend was furious. He read my article “Lebanon needs a break!” and threw some tough questions that had been around for a...
An open letter to the Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs
Mr. Minister you have disappointed the city of Jeddah by imposing rigid rules to marginalize the women elected to the Municipal Council by demanding...
Fahd Abdullah Al-Mubarak takes #2 on Public Investor 100-2015
SWFI Staff has released the Public Investor 100. He ranks 2 of 100 for the SWFI Public Investor 100-2015.
Governor Fahad Abdullah Al-Mubarak of the...
ISIS has erased the line between foreign and domestic policy
Not since the Vietnam War has a foreign-policy issue transformed Western domestic politics in the way the threat from Islamic State (ISIS) has. Neither...
Politicizing the Hajj Stampede
It is a never-ending story. Whenever an emergency occurs during the Hajj season, certain parties blame Saudi Arabia who, nevertheless, continues to give pilgrims...
U.S. economy slows sharply as oil and gas slump deepens Kemp
The U.S. economy eked out anaemic growth in the final three months of 2015, and the struggling performance of the oil and gas sector...
The American energy story Obama won't tell the world
President Barack Obama is poised to repeat his history of weak-handed negotiations on the world stage when nearly 200 countries gather in Paris on...
China tackles smog with help from the World Bank
China's capital has become notorious for its smog but the biggest contributors to local air pollution are industrial furnaces, district heating systems, residential fires...
Davos: With the Saudis absent, Zarif’s fairy tales prevailed
Iranian Foreign Minster Mohammad Javad Zarif certainly got a free ride at this year’s World Economic Forum. His views on the region went completely...
Stein's law says oil prices will rise
"If something cannot go on forever, it will stop," according to Herbert Stein, former chief economist to U.S. President Richard Nixon ("What I think:...
