The story continues from Part 3… 4. The End of MBS How the ruling establishment may jettison MBS to save the House of Saud For nearly 100 years, the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was grounded in a sacred 1932 Covenant that tied the monarchy, the tribes, and the religious establishment into a single, unified […]
The story continues from Part 2. Yemen Strikes at Saudi Arabia On Thursday, 24th September, the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out two top-tier strikes: one on a sensitive site in the capital, Riyadh, and another targeting Saudi Aramco in Yanbu. The Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said the two operations were conducted […]
The story continues from Part 1. Yemen Strikes West to the Red Sea Islands From Mokha to Bab al-Mandab: YAF’s Strategic Advance Takes Shape What changed hands this month was a stretch of coastline that sits astride one of the world’s most important maritime choke points — a position that took a Saudi-Emirati coalition close […]
The long-running Saudi-Yemeni conflict has entered a new and potentially decisive phase. What began as a dispute over territory and borders nearly a century ago has evolved through civil war, regional proxy conflict, Saudi intervention and the wider confrontation involving Iran, Israel and the United States. Now, in 2026, the balance of power appears to […]
3. WHO Did 9/11 & WHY? In order to understand why the attacks of September 11, 2001, in New York took place, we will have to look at some background. It all has to do with the quest for American dominance of Eurasia. Russia, China and the Central Asian nations were rattled by these American […]
Contents 1. Birth of the Petrodollar Formation of OPEC American oil companies entered the Middle East from the late 1920s through the 1930s, first in Bahrain and Kuwait and then in Saudi Arabia by the early 1930s. British oil companies were active in Iran and Iraq. By the end of World War II, in 1945, […]
4 The Ceasefire What was agreed by Iran on 7 April is not a ceasefire per se, but rather a brief cessation in military actions in order to provide the space in which to test whether meaningful political discussion with the US is possible or not. The US however, has accepted Iran’s National Security Council’s 10-point framework […]
The follow up-7 years later 1 The mBridge digital system 2 Venezuela/Cuba 3 Wall Street’s December Repo crisis 4 Russia 5 Iran 6 The Encirclement of Saudi Arabia 7 China 8 Canada & Greenland 9 America 15th January, 2026 This is a follow-up on the above title, which was published in November 2018. There have […]
1 US attacks Yemen, again – Part 1 2 US defeated & a cease fire follows – Part 1 3 US losses – Part 1 4 US still pressures Yemen – Part 1 5 Israel attacks & Yemen imposes aerial blockade of Israel – Part 2 6 UAE/Saudi Rivalries in Yemen – Part 2 7 […]
The story continues from Part 2 6 On American Expansionism. Adding to the uncertainty of US-European relations is the conflict between the US and Denmark over Greenland. The American leader moved on to threats during a phone call with Danish Prime Minister. The call went ‘very badly’, according to people involved in arranging the negotiations. […]
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