Regardless of who is elected president, Washington may choose to let lapse a struggling U.S. initiative aimed at achieving greater security cooperation between MENA states.
Articles tagged: ‘Israel’
Saudi Arabia’s unofficial trade war with Turkey
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailTrade becomes the latest theatre of conflict in the struggle between Saudi Arabia and Turkey for leadership of the Arab and Muslim world.
Sudan jumps aboard the normalisation bandwagon
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe fragility of Sudan’s efforts to achieve democracy have been exposed by the decision to normalise relations with Israel.
Biden and the Middle East
Posted on Categories PodcastsArab Digest · Biden And The Middle East
Qatar plays a quiet and cautious foreign policy hand
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailQatari foreign affairs, once hugely ambitious and assertive, are today much more modest but proving very effective in blunting the blockade put on it by its Gulf neighbours.
Maybe they will and maybe they won’t
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailMuch has been made of Prince Bandar bin Sultan’s attack on the Palestinian leadership as evidence that the Saudis are moving to recognise Israel. It’s not quite that simple.
Qatar, the feud and the future of the GCC
Posted on Categories PodcastsArab Digest · Qatar, The Feud And The Future Of The GCC
Oman’s debt crisis
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailA growing debt crisis imperils Oman’s vaunted ability to maintain neutrality in a tough neighbourhood.
A new great game unfolds in the Middle East
Posted on Categories PodcastsArab Digest · A new great game unfolds in the Middle East
Sudan and the normalisation game
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailDevastating floods and an economy crippled by sanctions and Covid-19 leave Sudan at the mercy of big power politics.