It is no longer possible to separate Saudi Arabia’s sports spectacle from the broader economic trajectory the country is now facing. What once appeared as disconnected events—quiet arenas filled with manufactured crowds, banks borrowing at record...
The case of French citizen Amr Abdel Fattah does not expose a procedural lapse or an isolated security excess. It reveals an entire system in which detention is weaponized to break individuals, exceptional courts are used as cover, and official...
Saudi Arabia’s sports project over the past few years has been built on a single assumption: that unlimited money can buy everything—sporting legitimacy, global prestige, and a rebranded national image, regardless of how deep the structural...
Mohammed bin Salman’s political behavior can no longer be separated from a growing sense of internal fragility. Beneath the language of strength, spectacle, and ambition lies a convergence of economic, social, and political pressures that have...
By late 2025 and early 2026, Saudi Arabia’s negative economic indicators could no longer be dismissed as cyclical fluctuations or temporary slowdowns manageable through official reassurances. Taken together, rising unemployment, weakening non-oil...
Saudi Arabia’s economic indicators are no longer moving in a coherent direction. Instead, they reveal a sharp duality between a financial reality showing clear signs of slowdown and spending policies that continue to surge uncontrollably toward...
The regional landscape no longer tolerates diplomatic pleasantries or vague language about “stability” and “moderation.” What is unfolding today—through facts rather than statements—is a moment of genuine strategic exposure for Saudi Arabia...
What happened to the Saudi Binladin Group was not a routine commercial failure or a temporary liquidity crisis. It was a slow, deliberate dismantling of one of the pillars of Saudi Arabia’s modern economy. A company that for decades functioned as...
Saudi Arabia’s position in international freedom assessments can no longer be softened, contextualised, or explained away as a “transitional challenge” or a matter of “cultural specificity,” as the official narrative insists. The latest global...
An economy suspended from the oil barrel: Tadawul falls and the myth of financial immunity collapses
What unfolded in the Saudi market is neither a temporary fluctuation nor a routine technical correction. The nearly 1% decline in Tadawul, led by energy and banking stocks as reported by CNN Business Arabic, reflects a deeper structural exposure...