Pandemic challenges Europe’s sense of itself
COVID-19 has had a profound impact on how nations interact with each other. A pandemic is by definition global, and demands global responses; but...
How many hours must a Saudi work to buy an iPhone?
I read recently that an Egyptian has to work 353 hours to save enough money to be able to buy an iPhone 6. In...
Why terrorism will only get worse
Dr. Ali Ahmad Al-Kheshaiban
Al-Riyadh
When we talk about extremism, we should also ask what transformations we have gone through while fighting extremism? Why have our...
Science, reason and faith in the time of Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has already taken more than 175,000 lives and wrecked large parts of humanity’s routines, from economic activity to sports, education and...
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...
Lebanese ‘friends of Syria’ are heading for a dead end
With the appointment of a new ambassador to Damascus, Lebanon has taken a step forward toward the official normalization of relations with the Syrian...
The pandemic: What employers can and cannot do
The Coronavirus pandemic has been declared force majeure, and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has given permission for the contractual relationship...
Iran using virus crisis to revive image, escalate tensions
The hard-liners of Iran — primarily the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — are using the cover of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis to...
Worst-case scenarios that are more likely than you think
The likelihood that a Russian charter airplane, Metrojet 9268, was felled by a bomb after leaving Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, highlights how many national security...
Millions going hungry amid Coronavirus crisis
Tucked away in the largely unread center pages of the world’s press last week was a warning that should be ringing alarm bells in...
