Saudi Arabia

Climate change and environmental degradation are among the most pressing threats facing countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Among the potentially far-reaching consequences of the recent wave of arrests and other upheavals in Saudi Arabia are changes to the way the kingdom’s military and security sector is structured. In a roundtable discussion, Non-Resident Fellow DB Des Roches discussed the implications for Saudi Arabia‘s security doctrine and international alliances.

Call it shock and awe. Call it a purge. Call it a clean sweep. However it’s characterized, the mass arrest of some of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent royals, administrators, and tycoons last weekend has completely upended both the structure of the Saudi elite and the country’s way of doing business. It’s not exactly the Night...

لا يزال التحول الجاري في المملكة العربية السعودية حاليًّا يرسل صدمات منتظمة في الأوساط التجارية  والدبلوماسية.

Mohammed bin Salman envisions a new kind of Saudi Arabia, or at least the opening of a space complete with yoga studios, beach resorts, and robots in place of migrant laborers. This is the image of Neom.

This paper is an overview of the women’s campaign against the male guardianship system in Saudi Arabia and a window into the new landscape of media activism.

Saudi Arabia has been sending bold messages domestically with the recent security crackdown on influential clerics, intellectuals, and other public figures, while simultaneously engaging in a global soft power projection, most recently through an event held in the heart of New York. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s MiSK charity foundation partnered with the United...

Fatima Al-Banawi is known for her role as the protagonist in Saudi Arabia’s first ever rom-com movie “Barakah Meets Barakah.” But beyond acting in this story, she has started a project collecting other people’s stories in Jeddah. Fatima’s experience as a psychological caseworker at the Family Protection Society in Jeddah coupled with her exposure to...