Jesse Marks
Contributor
Jesse Marks is the founder of Rihla Research & Advisory LLC, an international consulting firm focused on the Middle East and Asia. He is also a PhD student at Australia National University. He previously served as a Middle East policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Analysis
The Landlord Question: What Petro-Compute Actually Buys Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is eyeing the growth of a sovereign compute exchange model that, like OPEC for crude, would let it shape and stabilize long-term compute costs.
China’s Mediation Ceiling in the Iran War
For now, China is a stuck actor – drifting until external conditions force a decision or create a window of opportunity.
