The White House reception for Mohammed bin Salman was presented as a formal diplomatic event, complete with coordinated statements and carefully rehearsed optics. Yet beneath the surface, the scene was something entirely different: an exercise in...
When the President of the United States screams in defense of a crown prince accused of murder, the question is no longer what happened on camera — but what happened on the phone. The moment Donald Trump erupted at a journalist who dared to ask...
The latest Stratfor intelligence leak is not a think-tank analysis. It is a clinical diagnosis of a state that appears stable from the outside but suffers from deep internal fragility that threatens its long-term survival. The information published...
The latest Bloomberg leak about an imminent agreement between Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman—one that would grant the Saudi regime access to F-35 fighter jets—is not an ordinary headline. It is the newest chapter in a long-running saga of...
While Saudi Arabia markets itself as the Middle East’s rising technological powerhouse, a far harsher reality lies beneath the glossy promotional campaigns: a digital state tightening its grip through cameras, software, and artificial intelligence...
In a country whose leadership markets itself with the language of “reform and openness,” yet fills its prisons with voices of dissent, a new sentence against human rights activist Mohammed Al-Bajadi has exposed the stark contradiction between...
Official data released by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Finance has revealed a new record deficit of 88.5 billion riyals in the third quarter of 2025 — the largest since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. This marks the twelfth consecutive...
Official data released by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Finance has revealed a new record deficit of 88.5 billion riyals in the third quarter of 2025 — the largest since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. This marks the twelfth consecutive...
In a new blow to the ambitions of Vision 2030, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the cancellation of its agreement with the Saudi government to host the Esports Olympics in Riyadh — barely a year after signing a contract that...
As Saudi Arabia faces a record budget deficit of over $65 billion in 2025, the regime continues to pour billions through the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) into extravagant sports and entertainment events...