China: Inward challenges and foreign appeasement
Local developments in China in 2019 will reflect on its foreign policies in 2020, especially on matters concerning the world’s most powerful countries or...
Trump in the White House: a year in the life of a third-party president
When Donald Trump was elected almost a year ago, many Americans could not imagine that the words "president" and "Trump" could be combined. There...
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...
Saudi Arabia's oil policy could become more transparent
The appointment of Khalid al-Falih as Saudi Arabia's new energy minister to replace veteran oil minister Ali al-Naimi is likely to bring a big...
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...
Lebanese look to the army to keep country united
Since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic first reached Lebanon, it has revealed how the country operates and where its real center of power lies....
The need for anti-sexual harassment laws in Saudi Arabia
Sexual harassment is a global phenomenon that affects millions of men and women psychologically. Worldwide, one in three women has experienced either physical or sexual...
New era blows away illusory insecurities
When we, all our lives, have a good time, we think we have it all but, in reality, it’s just an illusion, for a...
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...
Yemen’s rebel masters in Tehran must be held to account
On Saturday night, while the weekend was winding down in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, and citizens prepared for the work week, the skies north...
