Advancing Stability and Opportunity in the Middle East and North Africa
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MBS’s Losing Bet
Mohammed bin Salman gambled Saudi Arabia’s security on friendship with Iran and has now gone silent.
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How MBS’s Built a Neo-Colonial Order
For nearly a decade, Mohammed bin Salman has worked on his facade. In public he is the reformer: Vision 2030,…
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MBS’s Neocolonial Push Amidst the Iran-US Firestorm
The missiles hitting Iranian soil since March 2026 are not Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) weapons. They don’t need to be,…
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MBS’s Export of Wahhabism
Colonialism and imperialism have never required an army to be effective. If you take a quick look at history’s most…
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The Imperialist Push of Saudi Arabia Explained Through the Greater Horn of Africa
The moderation MbS champions is not a theological opening. It is the final stage of an imperial project begun with…
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The Saudi–Iranian Détente: A Strategic Imperative
Saudi-Iranian Rapprochement is Fragile, but Hangs On: Diplomatic engagement between Iran and Saudi Arabia has persisted despite the shock of…
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MBS, Guardian of Holy Places, Master of the Unholy Game
How the House of Saud weaponized Islam, at home and abroad, while its elite played by entirely different rules
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What Nouri al-Maliki’s prime minister bid tells us about Iraq
The surprise return of the controversial former leader has revealed that Iraq is still a US–Iran battleground.
