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James M Dorsey Three scantily dressed samba dancers wearing traditional feather headdresses laid bare the limits of social liberalisation in Saud Arabia when they earlier this year danced on the streets of Jizan, a historically conservative…
James M Dorsey Struggling to remain on the sidelines of the 21st century’s watershed war in Ukraine, Middle Eastern nations are…
M A Hossain Historically, Ukraine crisis began in the year of 1954, when Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev handed over Crimea from…
James M Dorsey Two diametrically opposed visions of moderate Islam have emerged as major Muslim powers battle to define the soul…
Matein Khalid A paranoid autocrat is never a rational decision maker and has historically sent untold millions of humans to their…
James M Dorsey Emiratis celebrated their decision not to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the United Nations Security Council…
Matein Khalid The Russian invasion of Ukraine is both a humanitarian tragedy and an economic disaster. Something is dangerously wrong in…
By James M Dorsey It may be only a matter of time before Russian troops control the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv…
By James M Dorsey Israel and Gulf states struggle not to fall off the tightrope they walk as a Russian attack…
James M Dorsey Europe is likely to shoulder the brunt of the fallout of a rapidly escalating crisis over Ukraine. Middle…
By James M Dorsey Food, far more than diplomatic relations with Arab states, could be turning Israel into a state rooted…
Bjørnar Tonhaugen According to prices in the market, and numerous market observers, the world is not producing enough oil to keep…
By Suraj Tiwari The pandemic has shifted the travel process, and it’s brought the airport experience to the forefront. With travel…
By Jim Richberg As ransomware attacks have become more prevalent, there has been an increase in cybersecurity insurance (aka cyber insurance)…
By Matein Khalid The wicked witch of Wall Street waved her ursine broomstick over the global financial market in mid-November and…
By James M Dorsey When Turkish finance minister Nureddin Nebati this week announced plans to encourage households to convert their gold holdings…
By James M Dorsey Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has laid out an expanded Israeli strategy to confront Iran that appears to move…
By James M. Dorsey Iran recently scored not one but two soccer successes. Fans celebrated after the country’s national team qualified for…
By James M Dorsey Russian civilisationalism is proving handy as President Vladimir Putin seeks to expand the imaginary boundaries of his…
Matein Khalid As multinational diversify supply chains from China, Vietnam obviously benefits. Vietnam has always fascinated me yet it is a…
By James M Dorsey Russia’s intervention in Kazakhstan contains a cautionary message for Gulf foreign ministers visiting Beijing this week. The…
By James M Dorsey Like Qatar, after winning the right to host this year’s World Cup, Saudi Arabia is discovering the…
By James M Dorsey Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have drawn praise for social reforms that have domestically reduced…
By James M Dorsey With Russian troops massing on Ukraine’s borders, it’s not only Ukrainians who worry about what President Vladimir…
By Matein Khalid 2021 was a classic annus horribilis in the Chinese stock market as even a wannabe bottom fisher in…
By James M Dorsey Qatar has begun to cleanse its schoolbooks of supremacist, racist or derogatory references as well as celebrations…
By Peter Garnry India looks like the next China in terms of growth, infrastructure investments, market reforms, technology IPOs and subsequent…
By James M Dorsey Javed Ahmad Ghamidi is a rare clerical voice in Pakistan. A prominent religious scholar and former member…