Awkward spat with WWE epitomizes bin Salman as a leader

5 Nov 201915 Nov 2019

Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs on 5 November 2019. In recent news, the famous American World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is in a spat with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin…

Netanyahu’s Election Loss: Reasons and Regional Consequences

22 Oct 201925 Oct 2019

Posted originally as an issue brief to Islamabad Policy Institute on 19 September 2019. Benjamin Netanyahu’s 10-year continuous stint at Israeli Prime Minister is coming to an end, with his…

Iran’s Israel-GCC-Russia Conundrum

18 Jan 201925 Oct 2019

A possible new ‘Iran containment’ front forming? Posted originally on Regional Rapport on 17 January 2019. The securing of Syria by the pro-Iran government thanks to its allies culminated a…

Saudi brittleness and the real US-Saudi-Israel dynamic

5 Jan 201925 Oct 2019

Posted originally to Regional Rapport on 27 December 2018. Tulsi Gabbard told Trump to stop being Saudi Arabia’s lackey, ostensibly due to his wishy-washiness over calling out Crown Prince Mohammad…