Saudi Arabia
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Will Yemen turn its missiles on the UAE and Saudi Arabia?
As Washington’s latest military campaign drags into its second month, Yemen’s battle lines remain firmly drawn—with growing questions over whether Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are next to be pulled into a war they can neither control nor win. Continue reading
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The Arabs are transparently displaying their crossover to multi-alignment in a US-led Middle Eastern war
Reuters reported on Friday quoting three sources in the Persian Gulf that the regional states are lobbying Washington to stop Israel from attacking Iran’s oil sites as “part of their attempts to avoid being caught in the crossfire.” The exclusive Reuters report singled out Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as also refusing… Continue reading
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The Road to De-Dollarisation Will Run through Saudi Arabia: The Fiftieth Newsletter (2022)
Thursday, 15 December 2022 — The Tricontinental Balqis Al Rashed (Saudi Arabia), Cities of Salt, 2017. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 9 December, China’s President Xi Jinping met with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to discuss deepening ties between the Gulf countries and Continue reading
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Historic significance of Xi’s Saudi visit
The report that Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning his first overseas trip after the Party Congress and it may be to Saudi Arabia drips with enormous symbolism. According to the Wall Street Journal, the visit is likely to take place early December and hectic preparations are under way. Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia calls out US bluster
Saudi Arabia has politely but firmly rebutted the threats and calumnies levelled by the US political elites in the past week since the OPEC decided to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day. On Thursday, a Foreign Ministry official in Riyadh forcefully pushed back the allegation that the OPEC decision was at Saudi… Continue reading
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Two potentates meet up at St. Petersburg
There was something profoundly meaningful that the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan undertook a visit to Russia amidst the gathering storms in Ukraine. Conscious of the symbolism, Russian President Vladimir Putin received Sheikh Mohammed on Tuesday in a grand setting befitting a monarch — at the gorgeous Konstantinovksy Palace in… Continue reading
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A perfect storm in US foreign policy
The old adage is that a good foreign policy is the reflection of the national policy. A perfect storm is brewing on the foreign policy front in America triggered by the OPEC decision on Thursday to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day, which will on the one hand drive up the gas… Continue reading
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OPEC’s body blow to Biden presidency
The Biden Administration is swiftly establishing a narrative that the recent OPEC decision to cut oil production by two million tonnes is a geopolitical “aligning” by Saudi Arabia and Russia. It taps into the Russophobia in the Beltway and deflects attention from the humiliating defeat of President Biden’s personal diplomacy with Saudi Arabia. But it… Continue reading
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Where JCPOA, oil conjoin stands OPEC+
The news that made the headline today is that the Biden Administration may have inched closer to restarting the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Meanwhile, it escaped attention that Iran’s oil minister Javad Owji said just a day earlier in Tehran following a meeting with Igor Levitin, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s senior aide, that the two countries have… Continue reading
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Reports of OPEC+ death are greatly exaggerated
The fact that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states held a joint ministerial meeting with their Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Saudi capital of Riyadh at this point in time in global politics conveys a powerful message in itself. Continue reading
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Why Joe Biden Will Soon Talk With Mohammed Bin Salman
An author for the HuffPost has written a way too long screed on Biden’s perceived lack of action against the Saudi clown prince Mohammed bin Salman. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 