The domestic forces that blocked the plans of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid (above) for closer ties with Israel are still powerful in Indonesia (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Could Saudi-Israeli normalisation lead Jakarta to follow suit?
Against the backdrop of increasing media reports regarding...
The surprising Palestinian split on Saudi normalisation
After years of stagnation and conflict, a new...
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdul-Aziz bin Salman with IAEA head Rafael Grossi (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Saudi Arabia’s problematic nuclear “asks”
According to accounts of recent off-the-record comments by...
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Reading the Signs from Riyadh
Is a Saudi-Israeli peace deal just around the...
The US Administration is suggesting that Israeli-Saudi ties are about to move from the shadows into the light of day (Image: Shutterstock)
The Road to Riyadh
Israel-Saudi peace appears a real possibility   The...
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Explainer: Why does Saudi Arabia want a ‘nuclear Aramco’?
Monash Lens – 16 June 2023    US...
Recent weeks have seen the rei-gnition of intense discussions regarding US efforts to negotiate a Saudi-Israel normalisation deal (Image: Shutterstock, lunopark)
Saudi-Israel deal progress?/ Israel and Erdogan’s Turkey
Update 06/23 #01   This Update deals with...
Anti-Houthi demonstrations in Taiz, Yemen, 2014
Yemen’s Future: Partition, Hezbollisation or Talibanisation?
Saudi Arabia has been trying to extricate itself...
IAEA Director General Emmanuel Grossi: Snap visit to Teheran (Image: Lev Radin/ Shutterstock)
Behind the News – April 2023
ROCKET AND TERROR REPORT One rocket was fired...
(image: Chinese Foreign Ministry)
Misunderstanding the Middle East in the wake of the Iran-Saudi deal
The recent announcement of a deal, brokered under...
Chinese diplomat Wang Yi (middle), Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (right), and Saudi Minister of State Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban announce the normlisation deal in Beijing on March 10 (Image: Xinhua)
What’s behind the Riyadh-Teheran reconciliation?
The March 10 announcement by Saudi Arabia and...
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The implications of the Iran-Saudi deal
03/23 #03 Last weekend, Iran and Saudi Arabia...
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