The G7’s Russian oil price cap amounts to a subsidy for many of Asia’s biggest energy players: China, India, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
Saudi Arabia
A Russian Navy ship made a rare visit to a Saudi port as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman continues to play hardball with President Joe Biden.
Saudi Arabia launched LIV Golf with two big aims: reduce its dependence on oil and reshape men’s professional golf entirely.
By embracing the SCO, Saudi Arabia is diversifying its economic and security ties, tilting away from the U.S. toward Asia instead.
As the U.S. pulls back from the Middle East, China is carefully stepping up its economic, diplomatic, and military roles. And Saudi Arabia is learning how to play chess in a multipolar world.
Saudi Arabia’s international sports spending spree is driven by domestic economic and political considerations as well as attempts to build soft power abroad.
In a surprise for Egypt and Pakistan, Gulf Arab states are signaling that the days of aid without expectations of reform are coming to an end.
With Xi Jinping’s visit to Riyadh, China and Saudi Arabia are signaling to the U.S. that the era of American dominance is over.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) continues its downward slide in 2022 as spending on new projects declines and Chinese…
Lining up on opposing sides are Middle Eastern, North African, and Eastern Mediterranean nations, Gulf states, Turkey, Russia, and Europe.