Posts Tagged: UAE Saudi Arabia
Change in the Middle East? Don’t Hold Your Breath
One year after Hamas' October 7 massacre, I noticed a cluster of articles in various sources referring to strategic realignments among some of the players...
The UAE: The Middle East’s Teflon Nation
The United Arab Emirates resembles US "Teflon President" Ronald Reagan. Congresswoman Pat Schroeder (D-CO) awarded Reagan the label because nothing stuck to him while he was...
Middle Eastern Rivalries Are Alive and Kicking Despite Recent Deescalation
Middle Eastern battlegrounds are alive and kicking, even though rivals want to soothe contentious relations. Take efforts by the United Arab Emirates, and more recently Saudi...
The UAE Is Playing Both Sides in Israel and the US; But That Has Limits
The United Arab Emirates has mastered playing both sides against the middle. In the game’s latest iteration, the Gulf state earned significant brownie points in Washington...
Despite Saudi Competition, UAE Thrives as Middle East Business Hub
If real estate is anything to go by, Dubai is snubbing its nose at Saudi efforts to replace it as the Middle East's go-to business...
Mideast Powers Vie to Shape the Next Generation of Muslims
Reports published earlier this year by the Israel-based Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-SE) chart a notable divergence in educational approaches across the...
Saudi Arabia Steps Up Effort to Replace UAE and Qatar as Go-To Regional Hub
Riyadh has recently expanded its challenge to the smaller Gulf states by seeking to position Saudi Arabia as the region’s foremost sports destination once Qatar...
Reform in Saudi Arabia: The Road Not Taken
Saudi Sheikh Salman Awdah, a popular but controversial religious scholar who has been mostly in solitary confinement since 2017, appeared in court recently only to...
The UAE Ramps Up Attacks on Turkey and Qatar
Europe’s headaches just got worse. Its efforts to contain wars on its doorstep in Libya and Syria have failed at a moment when Europe is...
Israel Eases Rules on Cyber Weapons Exports Despite Criticism
Israel is easing export rules on offensive cyber weapons, despite accusations by human rights and privacy groups that its technologies are used by some...
