Posts Tagged: MBS Saudi Arabia
Is Religious Reform Coming to Saudi Arabia?
For Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), religious reform has long been a question of when rather than if. MBS' potential embrace of religious, not...
Saudi Sports Bids Are Unlikely to Lead to Meaningful Change
Even before it officially launched, Saudi Arabia's bid to host the 2030 World Cup is on thin ice. The bid suggests that Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
Saudi Crown Prince Shifts Into High Gear on Multiple Fronts
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is simultaneously speed dating and playing on multiple diplomatic, religious, and economic chessboards. The latest feather in his crown,...
3001 Arabian Nights
JNS.org - The last time I visited Saudi Arabia was in February 2017. Changes were occurring. “Baby steps,” as one savvy young Saudi woman told...
Biden’s Mideast Visit Will Be More Complicated Than He Thought
JNS.org - Two weeks before visiting the Middle East, US President Joe Biden has been reminded that this is an unpredictable region. In Israel, he...
The Saudi Crown Prince’s Messages to Israel and Iran
JNS.org - The normalization process between Israel and the Arab states was not interrupted by the change of government in the United States; the Biden...
US Intelligence Report Leaves Saudi Arabia with No Good Geopolitical Choices
The challenge facing Saudi Arabia in the wake of the Biden administration’s publication of an intelligence report holding Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) responsible...
Why Saudi Arabia Should Make Peace With Israel Now
I spent the weekend reading Ben Hubbard’s book MBS, about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Hubbard, who is The New York Times' Beirut bureau chief,...
Politics, America, and Culture: Behind Saudi Arabia’s Hesitation
Many are puzzled by the Saudi reluctance to join the peace train and normalize relations with Israel. It is clear, after all, that Riyadh gave...
Saudi Arabia’s Problems: Coronavirus, the Economy, and Geopolitics
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) may feel the global coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout are the more immediate of his problems as...
Saudi Arabia Is Modernizing Fast
I recently took a trip to Saudi Arabia (SA) with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. I came away from this trip...
How Real Is Saudi Religious Moderation?
Muhammad bin Abdul-Karim Al-Issa is the public face of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS)’s version of moderate Islam. A 54-year-old former justice minister,...
Mohammed bin Salman: For Better or for Worse?
Saudi King Salman’s announcement that Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been put in charge of reorganizing Saudi intelligence -- at the same time that the kingdom admitted...
