Emile Ameen

Last Tuesday, the Egyptian capital, Cairo, welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a visit that could hardly be described as merely traditional -or even simply protocol-driven. It was, in many respects, a visit that transcended the usual diplomatic formalities. The timing was both…

The Houthis have long played, and continue to play, the role of a war proxy and Iran’s arm in the region. What has occurred recently is essentially the implementation of a military strategy known since the time of Sun Tzu as stretching the edges. This time, however, the objective is to relieve…

Three days separate us from the opening of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 8, and questions are being urgently raised: is the UN Charter still effective? Is it still able to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, as the opening pledge made at San…

The summit marking the 25th anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization opened in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, running from August 31 to September 1. The questions hovering over this summit are many, and the reckoning of a quarter century's developments is being watched from global…

At the invitation of the French president, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is visiting the French Republic on a state visit that comes at a historic moment impossible to miss — whether in terms of the fast-moving events regionally and internationally, or in terms of Saudi-French relations…

Is the world due for a new geopolitical crisis- one that may, at some point, harden into political and economic conflict? In the far north, where ice that has been accumulating for 2.58 million years is melting away, the first signs of a new polar confrontation seem to be appearing. A few days…

Was the Russian-Ukrainian war a direct cause for the return of the era of Eastern spies to Europe, at such a high level, for the first time since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989? It seems clear that East Asian circles are strongly targeting European hubs, primarily Germany, even if the…

“Landed in Jeddah. Canada is building a new partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — one that harnesses the ambition of our nations to build greater prosperity and opportunity for our people.” Those were the words of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney upon his arrival in Jeddah to…

The best words to describe the moments that followed the signing of the framework agreement between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran may be those uttered by the great intellectual Antonio Gramsci: “With pessimism of the intellect, there remains optimism of the will.” …

Does the expiration of the New START Treaty between Russia and the United States, the last treaty between the two principal nuclear powers aimed at limiting the proliferation of nuclear weapons, represent an unprecedented opportunity for major powers on the one hand and for those enter to enter a…