One thing has become clear over the years; Western values are vague. They are adapted to agendas and interests dictated by different contexts and challenges, with what is suitable today considered criminal tomorrow and vice versa. To give one of many examples, the West has imposed taxes on oil…

One thing has always been clear since the founding of Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom always wins. No other country has encountered such challenges on various levels and adeptly come out on top at every turn. Its latest victory was claimed at the Jeddah summits where it achieved in two days what…

As a rule, politicians- especially while they are waging an electoral campaign- are inclined to say things that help them with their races or tickle the sentiments of their voters and parties. We journalists have become very used to seeing it. These statements only toy with peoples’ emotions and…

There are things in life that are fated to be governed by facts and figures, with sentiment playing no role at all. Some of these facts and figures may be painful, but to dress them up is to fabricate them, and doing so would harm the party concerned before anyone else. One of the most…

We have always asked a persistent question: Who leads the other... politics or the economy? Through rapid developments and data, many tend to consider the economy as a leader. Personally, when I went through many files, I had a tendency to draw the same conclusion. However, what I have seen…

After a long endurance - like ‘the patience of Ayoub’ - Saudi Arabia finally did it and decided to correct its relationship with the captive Lebanese state, summoning its ambassador from Beirut, and asking the Lebanese ambassador to leave Riyadh. The use of Ayoub’s metaphor came because of…

Whether we like it or not, today, for most societies, the world would be missing something without social media. The real world is now supplementary to the virtual world, not the other way around; indeed, it has become a necessity, not a luxury. The question is no longer whether what we want or…

For four years now, the pace of reforms in Saudi Arabia has not stopped. This time, it knocked on the Judiciary’s door, with the announcement by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of a new legislative system that is expected to bring about a comprehensive development in the justice sector and…

If one were to deal with politics per its fundamentals and principles, one would assess the new US administration’s positions starting from January 20, the day the new president took office. If one were to engage in “wishful thinking” and depend on previous statements made on the campaign trail,…