Tag: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Opening Is Becoming a Lifestyle Test
Saudi Arabia’s cultural opening is shifting from headline reforms to everyday lifestyle change, expanding leisure, creative employment and…
Saudi Arabia’s Debt Test in a World of Costlier Borrowing
Saudi Arabia’s rising borrowing remains manageable, but it is occurring in a world of higher refinancing costs. The…
Yemen’s Stability Is a Gulf Interest – Security Alone Is Not Enough
Yemen’s renewed instability shows why Gulf policy must move beyond crisis management. Lasting regional security will depend on…
Two Seas and One Barrel: How Geopolitics Is Rewriting Saudi Oil Logistics
Saudi Arabia’s latest oil disruptions show that energy competitiveness increasingly depends on logistics as well as production costs,…
The Makkah Pact and the Risk of New Fault Lines
The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signals a stronger regional role for Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, but its…
The Next AI Risk Is Not Intelligence – It Is Authority
As artificial intelligence moves from answering questions to taking real-world actions, governance must focus on the authority systems…
Saudi Banking Has Gone Digital. The Harder Test Is What Comes Next
Saudi Arabia’s financial system has moved beyond basic digitisation. The next phase will depend on whether open banking,…
The Saudi-French Partnership: A New Role for Saudi Capital
Saudi-French relations are shifting toward a more reciprocal investment model, combining French expertise inside Saudi Arabia with growing…
The Gulf’s Education Paradox: More Investment, Uneven Results
Gulf education systems have moved beyond the challenge of access and infrastructure, but learning outcomes still lag ambitions.…
The missing piece in Saudi Arabia’s global investment strategy
Russia remains an underexplored investment destination for Saudi Arabia. Expanding bilateral investment cooperation beyond traditional energy partnerships could…
Mecca Agreement: A Regional Security Hedge, Not Yet a New NATO
The Mecca defence pact reflects Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan’s attempt to build stronger regional deterrence, protect economic…
Who Owns Riyadh? Saudi Arabia Opens the Property Door
Saudi Arabia’s 2026 property and capital-market reforms are building a new gateway for foreign wealth, but their success…