On 30 July 2026, the declaration establishing the Multinational Maritime Defence Alliance was signed in Riyadh. The signatories were Saudi Arabia,…

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Building an economy often takes decades of patient labour. Yet the collapse of political institutions, or the eruption of conflict in the aftermath…

With the Trump administration clearly struggling to negotiate a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, it has been left to the Gulf state of…

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