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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Policy
Saudi Arabia outlines plan to lead Gaza stabilization, sideline Hamas, and back Palestinian Authority reforms
RIYADH (Realist English). Saudi Arabia intends to take a leading role in post-war Gaza by helping to disarm and marginalize...
Saudi Arabia launches humanitarian projects in Syria, pledges support for rubble clearance and infrastructure rebuilding
DAMASCUS (Realist English). Saudi Arabia on Sunday unveiled a series of humanitarian projects in Syria, including large-scale rubble clearance in...
Trump seals $600B in deals with Saudi Arabia, including record defense contract and Syria policy shift
RIYADH (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump has launched his second-term Middle East tour with a high-profile visit to Saudi...
Trump administration to offer $100 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia in exchange for Israel ties
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The administration of President Donald Trump is preparing a landmark arms and defense technology package for Saudi...
Xi Jinping arrives in Riyadh for the Sino-Arab summit
RIYADH (Realist English). On December 7, Chinese President Xi Jinping is arriving in Riyadh for a three-day visit, where he...
Iran and Saudi Arabia are ready for reconciliation
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran and Saudi Arabia are ready to take reconciliation talks to a higher level. This was announced...
The US has to blame itself for the energy crisis: ex-head of Saudi intelligence
RIYADH (Realist English). A senior member of the Saudi royal family, the former head of Saudi intelligence Prince Turki al-Faisal...
Kadyrov says he may run again as Chechnya’s leader if backed by Putin and voters
GROZNY (Realist English). Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said he is prepared to take part in the upcoming election for head...
Thailand dissolves parliament amid border clashes with Cambodia and looming no-confidence vote
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thailand has dissolved its parliament and will hold a general election within 45 to 60 days, after...
U.S. House approves $901bn defense bill with Ukraine aid and new limits on Pentagon, sends measure to Senate
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a sweeping $901bn National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for...
Musk says Trump-era cost-cutting unit DOGE was only “somewhat successful,” rules out ever doing it again
AUSTIN (Realist English). Elon Musk said the Trump administration’s cost-cutting task force known as DOGE — the Department of Government...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
Russia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
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