Fahid Suleiman al-Shoqiran

Fahid Suleiman al-Shoqiran

A Just War Against Houthi Aggression

Man could not have shaped this world in the manner we live today without the supremacy of absolute will - a will that leads toward decisive paths, forcing humans to make history-altering decisions, the pinnacle of which is the decision to go to war. If we were to browse the history of wars, we…

The Houthis and Losing Bargains

The Khomeinist media machine that defends its regional proxies insists on embedding two ideas among its followers. The first is that all the activities undertaken by its supporters, from recruiting and mobilizing both young and old people to booby-trapping boats, planting mines, and launching…

Development Policies...and the Triumph of the Power of Joy

If we were to reflect on some of the reactions that accompany every joyful event, whether sporting, artistic, or cultural, we would find recurring hostile attempts, written in poisonous ink in the notebooks of theorists within currents of disruption, from the very caves of provocation. All of them…

Artificial Intelligence and the Naming Strategy

Artificial intelligence is no longer a field that attracts official interest solely for political, economic, or scientific reasons. Interest in it has gone beyond these traditional spheres and reached deeper dimensions. A sign of this is that US President Donald Trump has reportedly intervened by…

Riyadh and Paris… A Century of Partnership

Saudi-French relations have always managed to keep pace with developments — not only political and strategic ones, but technological, cultural, and artistic ones as well. Relations whose first stone was laid in the 1920s soon took on their own vitality, even amid stormy changes in the region and…

The Current Crisis…and the Ideological Dilemma

It is natural that military and political analysis should dominate the current moment and occupy center stage in public discourse. Yet intellectual and ideological analysis of the crisis is equally necessary and deserves to stand alongside political analysis itself. This is precisely where many of…

The Thinker’s Responsibility in a Time of Turmoil

Throughout history, there have been those who transformed prevailing ideas, examined their origins, and anticipated their future trajectories. Among the most accomplished in this regard were philosophers, who succeeded in distinguishing between good and evil, while excelling at interpreting reality…

On War and the Notions It Demands

This phase must be understood as temporary. It is bound to end, whether through more use of force or the other party coming to accept the need to negotiate. As for narratives of unrest and crisis, they are amplified by hostile actors that support this immoral, and indeed brutal, assault. The…

The Arabs Prioritize Development

The ideas that have long shaped the region can be reexamined in light of the ongoing conflict and the Gulf and international solidarity that emerged around it. The conflicts of this region have been fueled by misguided priorities for a century. Totalitarian movements like the Muslim Brotherhood,…

The Repugnance of Fundamentalism and ‘Insidious Adaptation’

In biology, the concept of “adaptation” was introduced to describe how human beings adjust to rapid environmental change. The timeline of this adaptation varies from one species to another. It is a useful concept for those interested in animal husbandry, as acclimating animals to a new reality…