Ali Shihabi علي الشهابي
Author-commentator on Middle Eastern politics and economics with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia.
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“Saudi Arabia sees Bashar as a reality now fixed on the ground that has to be dealt with on many issues, not least the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Saudi [Arabia] wh...
#Saudi Arabia has given #Yemen $12 billion since 2015. https://t.co/PyBVP14ed1
#Thread on #Saudi-US -#China relations I have received many questions from US observers on whether Xi Jinping is going to have a better trip to Riyadh than Joe Biden did? https://...
"دأب الرئيس الأميركي جو بايدن على ترديد شعار أثناء حملته الانتخابية الرئيسية طلب فيه "عدم مقارنته بالمولى بل بالبدائل الموجودة على الأرض"، وهو بالضبط النهج الذي يجب أن تتبعه الولاي...
My paper (for the Hoover Centre at Stanford University) on the bloodless Saudi royal succession and subsequent marginalisation of the reactionary clerical class. https://t.co/Hl371...
A simplistic analyses. Like any irregular militia U can argue Houthis "win" when they are able to survive but unlike Vietnam or Afghanistan Saudi has no real body of troops on the...
Yamani's relationship with the King Fahd was never very good and he learned about his removal on the radio. He went on in return to cooperate with the author of the book (below) wh...
The Saudi National Day falls on Sep 23. It has been 88 yrs since King Abdulaziz created the Kingdom by uniting its multiple emirates. Had he not been able to do so, imperial Britai...
Some personal experience with the Lebanese financial crisis. In 2001 (20 yrs ago) I was involved in an effort to acquire a stake in Bank Saradar in Lebanon. After our due diligence...
Palestinian leaders have to learn how to play the political game smartly and not give the Israelis an easy chance to checkmate them. They should engage to prevent Israel from the e...