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 […]
Abu Dhabi — The First Domino Has Fallen The cascade we predicted is starting. So why did the UAE just ask Washington for an emergency loan? Because this is not really about whether the UAE has money. It is about what the UAE would have to sell to get that money. And that brings us […]
1 How Britain begat the UAE & Qatar The winter of 1967-1968 was a time of crisis for the British economy. Many Arab leaders were convinced Britain had secretly helped Israel to victory over its Arab neighbors in the Six Day War of June 1967. Israel had captured East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza, the […]
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 Rothschild Obsession with Egypt History repeats itself. Apparently, Egypt has forgotten the mistakes of the colonial era. In the 19th century, the situation that eventually led to the country’s enslavement unfolded in a similar way to what’s happening now. As the Rothschild family became the dominant financial power in Europe by the 1830s, it […]
Following the Iran–Iraq War, in 1989, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani concentrated on a pragmatic pro-business policy of rebuilding and strengthening the economy without making any dramatic break with the ideology of the revolution. In 1997, Rafsanjani was succeeded by moderate reformist Mohammad Khatami. Around this time, Washington began to squeeze Iran’s economy by sanctioning Iran. Russia stepped in and began […]
Egypt Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statement concerning the plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah and launch a ground operation to eliminate Hamas brigades in the city wasn’t received well by the Egyptian authorities. In fact, Israel’s military scenario has jeopardized the Camp David Peace Accords between Cairo and Tel Aviv. For the […]
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