OpinionIs a resolution of the GCC crisis imminent?warsanNovember 20, 2019November 20, 2019 by warsanNovember 20, 2019November 20, 20190841 The September 14 attack on Aramco has forced Saudi Arabia to revise its policies towards the region and the GCC. GCC leaders pose for a...
OpinionBerlin 1884: Remembering the conference that divided AfricawarsanNovember 15, 2019 by warsanNovember 15, 201901296 135 years ago today, European leaders sat around a horseshoe-shaped table to set the rules for Africa’s colonisation. by Patrick Gathara The conference of...
OpinionThe US and Britain face no existential threat. So why do their wars go on?warsanNovember 15, 2019 by warsanNovember 15, 20190709 Simon Jenkins ndless conflicts in the Middle East have cost us dear, yet all we hear are absurdities about ‘keeping our streets safe from terror’...
OpinionIs a thaw in the Gulf cold war in sight?warsanNovember 14, 2019November 14, 2019 by warsanNovember 14, 2019November 14, 201901141 OPINION By Andreas Krieg The realisation that Donald Trump’s US does not have their back has caused a rethink in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi over...