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- Prof. Joshua Teitelbaum
- October 9, 2011
- Paper No. 150
King Abdullah says that women will be appointed to the Consultative Council and be allowed to vote and run for municipal councils. Is this a significant advancement for Saudi women's rights, or just another instance of the kingdomโs "two steps forward, one step back" reform policy?
- Prof. Joshua Teitelbaum
- May 23, 2011
- Paper No. 140
For the rulers of Riyadh, the primary result of the "Arab Spring" has been a shaking of the strategic foundation and alignments that have shaped Saudi regional policy since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
- Prof. Joshua Teitelbaum
- April 4, 2011
- Paper No. 135
While unrest has rattled the Middle East in recent months, oil wealth and tradition have kept things quiet in Saudi Arabia.
- Prof. Joshua Teitelbaum
- November 11, 2010
- Paper No. 119
Recently, the Saudi Royals have moved to control the issuance of fatwas(religious edicts), restricting them to those appointed by the family as members of the Council of Senior Ulama; but the proliferation of media makes such control difficult.
- Rafael Castro
- April 23, 2023
- Paper No. 2192
The recent reconciliation agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia dismayed many Israeli policymakers, analysts, and journalists. The agreement suggests that Saudi Arabia is steering away from its course of rapprochement with Israel and cuddling up to the ayatollahs, thereby eroding Israelโs geostrategic position in the Middle East. But the widespread assessment of this development as entirely bad for Israel is short-sighted.
- Dr. James M. Dorsey
- September 28, 2021
- Paper No. 2162
Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salmanโs vision for the kingdomโs future will have to toe a fine line between redefining the Saudi social contract and the danger of creating new grievances.
- Dr. James M. Dorsey
- September 2, 2021
- Paper No. 2143
Boasting an almost 1,000-kilometer border with Iran and a history of troubled relations between the Iranians and Sunni Muslim militants, including the Taliban, Afghanistan could become a bellwether for the future of the rivalry between the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia.
- Dr. Edy Cohen
- August 11, 2021
- Paper No. 2120
Abdul Hameed Ghabin took a stand in favor of peace with Israel before it was safe to do so in Saudi Arabia, and he paid a price for his boldness. Sources suggest that he might have been freed under pressure from US President Joe Biden.
- Dr. James M. Dorsey
- April 28, 2021
- Paper No. 2010
In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as the focus of criticism of supremacist and intolerant curricula in the Muslim world.