The Middle East catches diplomacy fever
Suddenly countries usually fraught with turmoil are negotiating with each other
Saudi arabia
Friday
Thursday
The US must punish Iran for aiding Russia
They’ve run roughshod over their neighbors and collaborated with America’s enemies
Sunday
Why China’s budding relationship with the Saudis spells trouble
Joe Biden has fecklessly ceded the field and Xi Jinping is stepping in
Friday
The coming turbulent times in the oil market
As price caps, sanctions, and sluggish growth kick in, OPEC is in a bind
Thursday
How the US failed to stop OPEC from cutting oil production
The administration’s foreign policy is seen as weak and feckless
Tuesday
How the Saudis embarrassed Biden over oil prices
OPEC has gotten used to $100 a barrel crude, and it has no intention of going back
Thursday
The Mar-a-Lago raid’s Saudi connection
Were the documents inside Trump’s villa related to nuclear weapons?
Friday
Blaming Saudi Arabia won’t make energy cheaper
Outrage at any one-off windfall profit is generally pointless
Tuesday
How Biden made the energy crisis worse
He’s incapable of realizing that he’s the problem
Wednesday
Russia is sidestepping American oil sanctions
The global oil market isn’t exactly cooperating
Tuesday
Biden of Arabia
The Saudi trip will be the president’s most controversial yet
Tuesday
‘America or chaos’ is a false choice
Foreign policy leadership does not mean getting involved in every conflict
Tuesday
Washington’s dirtiest war at last goes silent
There’s been a ceasefire in Yemen, though you can forgive the Yemenis for having doubts
Tuesday
What’s the difference between Yemen and Ukraine?
We’ve been brutal towards Russia and tepid towards the Saudis. Why?
Wednesday
The fantasy of an Israeli-Palestinian ‘peace’
The best that can be hoped for is a ceasefire, forty years without war
Wednesday
Should Khashoggi have been warned?
What did the US intelligence agencies know and when did they know it?
Sunday
Biden’s Saudi problem
Can MbS do whatever he wants?
Wednesday
Happy corporate wokewash month!
To mark gay pride, the world’s biggest companies are ‘bravely’ flying the rainbow flag. Just not in places like Saudi Arabia…
Friday
What Bahrain’s deal with Israel really means
Trump is bringing major changes to the Middle East
Friday
Could President Trump lose the oil war?
The current crisis could see the end of the petrodollar
