Posts Tagged ‘saudia’

Saudia-UAE Rivalry Upends ‘Gulf Unity’

With Saudia’s strategic partnership with the UAE largely unravelling in the face of a directly growing competition and rivalry between them — which in turn is an outcome of the UAE’s own bid to position itself as the new leader of the ‘Sunni Muslim world’, and Saudia’s bid to ensure its survival as the traditional […]

Saudia’s Economic Transformation Eyes Riyadh’s Regional Dominance

With Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’ already in full motion, it has become increasingly clear that the purpose of this massive and multi-billion dollar economic transformation plan is not just to transform and diversify Saudia’s oil-dependent economy; rather a cardinal objective of this plan is to restore Saudia Arabia’s central position within the Gulf/Arab world. Until […]

Why is Saudia Talking to Iran?

In May 2017, when Saudia’s crown prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) was asked about prospects of direct talks with Iran, he rejected any possibility of such a venture. Back then MBS was politically strong, he was a lot more acceptable in the West, especially the US, and he could, at least in his own calculation, […]

Western media finally gets it: Ukraine is teetering on the political abyss

     After the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko urged Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to resign, and almost all the committees of the Verkhovna Rada issued a failing grade for the government, the Western media started saying that the crisis in the country has escalated again. According to American political analyst, Adrian Karatnycky, in his article […]

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