While the Saudi economy faces a deepening deficit, burdensome taxes on citizens, and inflation that crushes the middle class, officials in Riyadh are busy celebrating projected revenues of $1.5 billion from the video game sector in the coming years...

A recent report by Middle East Eye has shed light on a disturbing reality: the Saudi regime continues to prioritise its political image and alliances over human lives, particularly when those lives belong to Palestinians. The report revealed that in...

The glossy narrative of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 has long relied on slick promotional campaigns and extravagant promises of economic diversification and modernisation. But the Kingdom’s latest budget figures have ripped through that façade...

The latest announcement from OPEC+ to increase oil production under the pretext of “healthy market fundamentals” is more than a technical misstep—it’s a blatant insult to the intelligence of market watchers worldwide. Economist Javier Blas called...

As Gaza lies in ruins under the weight of one of the most brutal and sustained military assaults in recent history, Saudi Arabia is moving steadily—and, some would say, shamelessly—toward normalization with Israel. In exchange for weapons, political...

In a statement that many saw as both ironic and detached from reality, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman recently declared that “Vision 2030 has made our country a global model for transformation.” This assertion, made while the Kingdom faces mounting...