The sumptuous welcome given to Vladimir Putin on December 6, by the two most powerful petromonarchies in the Persian Gulf stunned Westerners. For his “working…
The sumptuous welcome given to Vladimir Putin on December 6, by the two most powerful petromonarchies in the Persian Gulf stunned Westerners. For his “working…
Some commentators have criticised Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Jeddah on 4 December because of Saudi Arabia’s poor human rights record. They are wrong. As a…
Two and a half years ago, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia could still boast of being a power capable of changing the strategic situation in…
On 25 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of about ten Sunni Arab countries, launched a major military operation in Yemen to restore President…
Created by Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin in 1999 to bring together finance ministers from the world’s top 20 economies, expanded by President Sarkozy in…
By Renaud Girard in Beirut Since the start of the decade, the movement known as the ‘Arab Spring’ has represented a clash between two ideologies,…