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Saudi Estranged. The Strategy of Multilateral Alliances
Saudi is not replacing the American security umbrella with a single new patron. It is building a layered security architecture around three overlapping…
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Emboldened Morocco
Spain refused Washington its bases and Israel its cover. 4 months later Morocco opened the fence at Ceuta. Everyone knew what they were paying for.
Aug 10
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July 2026
Saudi Arabia Is in Recession, and the Books Say Something Worse
Saudi Arabia is in recession. The IMF's growth forecast survived 24 hours before Riyadh's own data destroyed it, and the fiscal books say something…
Jul 31
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The Flight From Hormuz and the UAE Quest for Resolve
The UAE is spending fortunes to route its oil, cargo and capital around Hormuz and escape Iran's grip. Geography, it is discovering, cannot be bought.
Jul 29
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IRAQ’S ROAD OUT OF TEHRAN’S WAY
Iran spent 20 years making Iraq its road. The war made that road unaffordable. Baghdad is building exits now, and every one of them runs away from Iran.
Jul 22
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The US tacitly abandons the original IMEC; replaces Israel with Syria
A pipeline deal in Washington and Syria's delisting quietly redraw the region's route to Europe through Iraq and Syria, cutting Israel out at both ends.
Jul 14
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June 2026
A Pentagon-backed US-Saudi joint mining company is planning to takeover Iran’s reconstruction and slowing its re-armament
Trump war on Iran aimed to create the material conditions for ending its isolation and absorbing it in a new Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) order…
Jun 23
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Beijing Wants the Moroccan Passport, Not the Market
Beijing asked Morocco for a free trade deal it does not need. It wants the kingdom's road into Europe and Africa, with the King's stability as…
Jun 20
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Saudi Arabia Is Besieging Israel and Accelerating the Timeline for War on Syria
Saudi Arabia is building a trade corridor that bypasses Israel. The likely Israeli answer is a war on Syria, the weakest link.
Jun 16
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The Hejaz railway is back, it skips Haifa, forcing Abu Dhabi to edge away from Tel Aviv
Israel bet on making itself indispensable to the new Middle East. Iran made it dispensable, and a new regional order bypassing Israel is emerging.
Jun 9
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Morocco's borrowed stability
Europe lends, Washington recognises, China builds, the Gulf reassures. Every contradiction gets financed and sold rather than resolved. The King has…
Jun 7
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Saudi Economic Contraction: How MBS Debt-Led Growth Is Creating a Strategic Financial and Geopolitical Trap for Saudi
MBS is borrowing 150 billion dollars a year to sustain 2% growth. In doing so, he has handed Washington the financial leverage to press for…
Jun 3
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