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MBS is Playing Age of Empires

Mohammed bin Salman is choosing Saudi Arabia over the global world order and leaders are panicking.

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The New Gulf Cold War

Gulf Arab states are each heading in their own direction and rivalries are intensifying. It's creating an environment ripe for escalation.

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Johnny of Arabia

This week, we have news on superyachts and a celebrity who has become best friends with Mohammed bin Salman.

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Is MBS the most powerful man in the world?

As a teenager, Mohammed bin Salman was obsessed by powerful men like Alexander the Great. No matter that he was so far down the line of succession that his elder half-brothers and cousins would guffaw at the prospect of him becoming king (or becoming anything), while sending him to the

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Jared Kushner's Middle East Cash Grab

Since the would-be Trump dynasty lost a bid for a second-term in the White House, most attention on son-in-law Jared Kushner has been about him writing a book to "provide historical context and help readers understand what it was like to work in the Trump White House." [https://www.vanityfair.