The UN resembles a bad joke after latest daft appointments
In a sterling week for the UN’s long record of striving to look ridiculous, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador will now oversee the agenda for advancing women’s rights.
In a sterling week for the UN’s long record of striving to look ridiculous, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador will now oversee the agenda for advancing women’s rights.
Not only Western countries will suffer from an escalation of conflict in the Red Sea.
Hamas is attempting to turn back the clock on Middle Eastern politics to the early 1990s, undoing years of diplomatic progress.
The Kingdom’s normalisation talks with Israel have been paused, not yet abandoned. That could soon change.
For oil producers such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia, closing down the global economy for the sake of a bunch of local terrorists, especially ones backed by Iran, simply makes no sense.
While disaster may be ruled out, there’s every sign that the gas price will stay at two times the long-term norm. Sunak must prioritise this.
Although Russia called the peace talks in Jeddah “futile”, Chinese cooperation could mark a positive geopolitical shift away from recent US-Sino escalation.
The peace conference could be a great chance to spell out some unpalatable realities to President Zelensky.
In the last year, Saudi Arabia has engaged in a series of geopolitical moves that has shifted its position on the world stage.
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