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  • What’s behind Saudi Arabia’s quest for a nuclear programme?

  • Opinion: What is Saudi Arabia’s next move?

    Iran and Hizbollah appear to have been taken aback by the scope of the Hamas operation and what it unleashed, including two US carrier strike groups in the Mediterranean. Western diplomats and Arab officials have indicated that, despite the public bombast, Iranian officials are privately seeking a way out of the escalation. What that requires or might look like is still unclear.

  • What is Israel’s endgame in Gaza invasion?

    The fear across the region is that the war will blow up beyond the confines of Gaza, with Lebanon's Hezbollah and its backer Iran opening major new fronts in support of Hamas.

    Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned of a possible "preemptive" action against Israel if it carried out its invasion of Gaza. He said last weekend that Iran would not watch from the sidelines if the U.S. failed to restrain Israel.

    Arab leaders have told Blinken, who has been criss-crossing the region this past week, that while they condemn Hamas's attack on Israel, they oppose collective punishment against ordinary Palestinians, which they fear will trigger regional unrest.

  • What is Israel’s endgame in Gaza invasion?

    Israel is vowing to wipe out Hamas in a relentless onslaught on the Gaza Strip but has no obvious endgame in sight, with no clear plan for how to govern the ravaged Palestinian enclave even if it triumphs on the battlefield.

    Codenamed "Operation Swords of Iron", the military campaign will be unmatched in its ferocity and unlike anything Israel has carried out in Gaza in the past, according to eight regional and Western officials with knowledge of the conflict who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter.

  • Is The Saudi Arabia-Russia Oil Pact Showing Signs Of Weakening?

    The pact between Saudi Arabia and Russia to keep oil barrels off the market could be showing signs of weakening, with Russia’s oil exports now on the rise. Russia’s seaborne crude oil exports rose in the seven days to October 15, with Russia’s four-week average seaborne crude exports now at a three-month high. Russia’s crude exports now are at 3.51 million barrels per day, an increase of .285 million bpd from the seven days to October 8, according to tanker tracker data analyzed by Bloomberg.

  • Will ‘the other three Hezbollahs’ target the US to contain Israel?

    Amid the escalation of violence in Gaza, tensions between Lebanese Hezbollah and Israel are steadily increasing. However, while the Israel-Lebanon border has seen sporadic clashes, an all-out confrontation has yet to unfold. Instead, what has stood out in recent days is the signaling by Iraqi Shiite armed groups that they are also ready to confront Israel. For instance, in the aftermath of the Hamas movement’s Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel, the commander of a powerful Iran-backed Iraqi faction has made an appearance in southern Lebanon.

  • Visualized: What is the Cost of Electric Vehicle Batteries?

    The price of an EV battery pack can be shaped by various factors such as raw material costs, production expenses, packaging complexities, and supply chain stability. One of the main factors is chemical composition. Graphite is the standard material used for the anodes in most lithium-ion batteries. However, it is the mineral composition of the cathode that usually changes. It includes lithium and other minerals such as nickel, manganese, cobalt, or iron. This specific composition is pivotal in establishing the battery’s capacity, power, safety, lifespan, cost, and overall performance.

  • Special report: Saudi Arabia, women’s football’s next frontier?

    Their pitch had to be covered, players hidden so no one could look in, and the person renting it to them had to turn a blind eye. Former Jeddah Eagles Ladies player Massilia Kheddouci was among that group. At that time, four years ago, there was no such thing as a ‘women’s football scene’ in Saudi Arabia.

  • How did Israeli intelligence miss Hamas’ preparations to attack?

    Unlike the U.S., one thing that Israel doesn’t have is an overall intelligence coordinator, a single representative who knows about and oversees all of the different intelligence components. The U.S. system has a director of national intelligence position, who runs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which was created in 2004. These were both recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, after it found that the U.S. approach to intelligence was too fragmented across different agencies and offices.

  • Operation Al-Aqsa Storm: How, Why, and Where To?

    It is inconceivable that Hamas would have embarked on an operation of this scale without also preparing for an unprecedented Israeli response. Together with Islamic Jihad and others, it will probably have prepared for massive Israeli incursions into the Gaza Strip launched for the purpose of significantly degrading their organizations and infrastructure, killing cadres and assassinating leaders it can locate, and leaving a massive trail of death and destruction. Better a last stand than a slow death, the thinking apparently goes, particularly if that stand gives a renewed lease on life.