28 Sep 2023 - 1:02am

Joe Biden’s billion-dollar oil mistake The President hamstrung his country from Day One

Ashley Rindsberg

30.08

The dawn of the Brics World Order India is losing ground to Russia and China

Thomas Fazi

18.08

How MBS wins friends and influences people Saudi Arabia is seeking allies beyond the West

David Rundell

28.07

How the Saudi Empire bought football Kylian Mbappé is a pawn in an expensive new game

Jonathan Wilson

08.07

Has the West lost control of oil? The Opec powers are forming new alliances

Helen Thompson

21.11

The architecture of autocracy Creative freedom comes at a price in Saudi Arabia

Wessie du Toit

25.08

How Tony Blair gets away with it The former PM continues to poison our politics

Peter Franklin

23.08

Capitalism needs more heroes Corporate leaders should put their money where their mouth is

Ian Birrell

11.04

The Arab Spring is still unfurling The roots of current insurgencies – aspiration stifled by autocracy – stretch back to 2011 and beyond

Ian Birrell

17.12

How Britain profits from Yemen’s pain

Giles Fraser

26.10

How do you solve a problem like the Saudis? Politicians operate in a ‘grey zone’ where principles and consequences are often traded off against each other

Giles Fraser

05.09

History shows Britain cannot rely on America’s friendship The fifty-fifty deal deserves as much attention as Suez in explaining the decline of British influence in the Middle East

James Barr