Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is trying to become a “central figure in world politics. In a sense, the only one in the world who’s able to keep equally good relations with Biden, Xi, Modi, Putin and von der Leyen.” 

Marcus Schneider, the Lebanon-based project director for the Regional Peace and Security Project at Germany’s Friedrich Ebert Foundation New India-EU trade route: Bringing the Gulf states closer? [DW]