Which country carries most responsibility for the spread of sectarianism in the muslim world? Answer: Saudi Arabia

Just to be clear, this means that more desperate people crossed the Red Sea into Yemen in 2018 than crossed the Mediterranean heading for Europe. 

How should companies like Netflix respond when repressive governments order the removal of critical content?

With Khashoggi’s murder, many secrets that both the Kingdom and its western allies wanted buried, will stay that way.

 Could Britain ever promote democracy in the Gulf? Only if it turns its own foreign policy away from neoliberalism and militarism, David Wearing argues in a new book.

Saudi Arabia first denied the Khashoggi murder and then blamed it on rogue security agents. Neither version has enjoyed much credibility but the ability to make the population repeat incredible claims is itself a form of power for Arab autocrats.

What are world leaders doing? Where is the ‘international community’ Yemenis so often appeal to?

At a time when the Saudis are intensifying their crackdown on human rights, yesterday’s reception gave all the wrong messages.

Western powers are actively enabling the very human rights violations they seek to expose.

Britain needs an industrial strategy. At the same time, Britain needs to move away from its imperial pretensions to police the world's oceans. The two factors are ever more interlinked.

From Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, Muslim women’s movements for equality are increasingly interconnected – and unstoppable.

The gassing of people is considered exceptionally inhumane, officially a categorical “red line” dividing good from evil. This belief now threatens to trigger an escalation with unpredictable consequences.

Trump’s recent senior appointments suggest an increasingly virulent anti-Iranian strategy which certainly coincides with that of the current Saudi regime. Things could hardly be worse.

Simone De Beauvoir and Gisele Halimi were indefatigable. They wrote to every responsible official in the judiciary, military and government – up to General de Gaulle. Lest we forget.

Turkey and the Gulf monarchies in their savvy, if reactionary, use of aid have become important players in the international donors club.

Let us never forget that those who make peaceful uprisings impossible will eventually make violent revolution irresistible. 

Mohammad bin Salman is now MENA’s main threat to peace, stability, and hope for democratization in the Arab world.

A besieged and starved population has been pushed to the brink of famine. The UK, US and France need to re-evaluate their relationship with Saudi Arabia.

Putting “Mohammad bin Salman” next to “Arab Spring” is either an oxymoron or an antithesis.

Trump-MBS strategy has not made significant headway. Will they succeed in escalating anti-Shia confrontation against Iran and its allies?