Saudi crown prince is a force for moderation, unlike Tehran
This week, Iran’s state-owned media hailed the regime for supposedly being a constructive player in the region and creating hope for the younger generation....
Corruption is corrosive, and Saudi Arabia is right to fight it
For a long time, organizations such as the World Bank, the UN Development Programme and Transparency International, not to mention respected academics and authors,...
U.S. shale oil output will be less resilient than gas
U.S. natural gas production hit a new record in August, despite the deepening slump in gas prices and a fall in the number of...
Why the U.S. may still have to go to war against Iran
Effective enforcement of the Iranian nuclear deal remains a conundrum. Enshrined in the agreement is "snapback" - the restoration of international economic sanctions against...
Why war crimes charges now extend to the destruction of ancient monuments
For the first time, the International Criminal Court in The Hague has opened war crimes proceedings against an Islamist militant accused of leading in...
Egypt beware: Daesh militants who survive will have to go somewhere
Daesh seems to be shaking before finally falling down. It started a few months ago when different parties felt that Daesh had served its...
Trump excludes Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces from his Iran strategy
Donald Trump’s exclusion of Iraq from his enumeration of Iranian violations in the Arab world and the IRGC’s roles there, and in Syria, Yemen...
The weaponization of everything Globalization's dark side
The element of surprise in international relations appears more frequent and more ferocious. Are these shocks to be expected from a dangerously fragile political...
Republican candidates field a resistance movement against change
Look at the slogans Republican presidential candidates are running on: "Make America great again" (Donald Trump); "Believe again" (Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal); "Reigniting the...
U.S. economy slows sharply as oil and gas slump deepens
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...
