Salman Al-Dossary

Salman Al-Dossary
Salman Al-Dossary is the former editor-in-chief of Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper.

Contemporary Saudi Arabia in Pompeo’s Memoirs

I read most of former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recently published memoirs “Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love.” The book is full of insights into a sensitive period during which the media unfortunately pushed a leftist agenda, falsifying facts, misleading the people, and…

What Is Happening in Saudi Arabia?!

I shall introduce my article by quoting this sentence from the Western media. It paves the way for much of what I would like to say. “As the world plunges into crisis, Saudi Arabia seems set to become a modern superpower.” As some had been betting on the imminent downfall of the Kingdom and its…

Between Saudi Arabia and China… a Vision, a Belt and Road

The eyes of the world are on the Saudi capital Riyadh today. Chinese President Xi Jinping is a guest of the Saudi people as he begins his three-day state visit, during which he will attend three summits, not one. Thirty heads of state and heads of international organizations will take part. What is…

What Has Saudi Arabia Done to the World?

Last Tuesday, 22/11/2022, is no longer just another day on the global calendar. That day, the Saudis weaved a story that will remain engraved in the world’s collective memory, in the minds of the West more than the East and rivals more than friends. The victory of the Saudi national team…

The Issue Is Bigger than Twitter

The exposure of the falsehood of western principles is the best thing that has happened in recent years. If we had spent vast sums and exerted the greatest of efforts, none would have revealed that truth as it is now coming to light today. What the West has promoted for long decades was refuted…

Who Is Responsible for Protecting the Climate?

Climate challenges have long occupied a large segment of world leaders’ agendas. Although some leaders view the matter from a scope of political goals, a few others deal with this issue as a duty of moral responsibility. Today, this space may not be an opportunity to review the two previous…

Oil and Elections… Have US Actions Backfired?

Days ago, Riyadh sent Washington, through a foreign ministry statement, a strongly-worded message firmly pushing back against claims that the OPEC+ decision reflects a position on international conflicts. The statement also stressed that the decision was unanimous and taken on economic grounds,…

Oil Production Cut... Between Rationality and Electoral Opportunism

It would be wrong to assume that the changes in oil prices are part of a politically-motivated Saudi-American confrontation. The last thing Riyadh is thinking about is using oil as a weapon to balance out the scene or harm one side or the other. As Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al…

Saudi Arabia… The Center of Mediation and Decision-Making

When the Russian- Ukrainian crisis first began, I wrote an article entitled ‘The Ukraine Crisis: Neo-McCarthyism to terrorize Opponents.’ In it, I discussed how the West manipulates what it calls rights and how it addresses the issue divergently depending on its interests, particularly as it tried…

Defending Values… the Battle Continues

Until recently, everything the West exported to us was sacred; every idea was accepted, every product, and every political or social narrative. The major reason we believed them was a conviction that the West had beaten us to it in science, that its nationals are more knowledgeable and…