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  • Perspective: Ukraine conflict is not the GCC’s war

    Aron Lund, a fellow with The Century Foundation, says it is unsurprising that many countries in the region wish to avoid getting caught up in the diplomatic battles over Ukraine. Arab states neither consider the conflict to be their war nor their responsibility. In an interview with Amwaj.media, he said, “They have no interest in harming their relationships with either side and this is fundamentally no different from how western nations look at faraway conflicts in which they’re not much involved.”

  • Ukraine, other conflicts push forcibly displaced total over 100 million for first time

    The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has now crossed the staggering milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts.

  • Opinion: How Russia-Ukraine war is changing Ankara’s relationship with Moscow

    Having Russia dominate the Black Sea to the north, while also maintaining a presence south of Turkey in Syria, would pose a severe threat to Ankara. The economic fallout of the war is also significant, as losses mount for Turkey in its trade with both Russia and Ukraine. The potential for a prolonged war, or a spillover of the conflict into the Black Sea, present grave concerns for Ankara.

  • Perspective: The Middle East’s Indifference to Ukraine Is a Warning

    For U.S. policymakers, the alarm bell should be sounding. The notion that there is widespread support for a U.S.-led, rule-based order is at the core of how the United States sees itself confronting an emerging challenge from China. Yet, for most countries in the world, including ones that have been close to the United States for decades, preserving the rule of law in Ukraine seems of little concern. They will seek to strengthen their bilateral relationship with the United States, but they have no interest in taking sides in superpower conflicts, and they feel no need to do so.

  • Bahrain and Saudi Arabia get UK electronic visa waiver status

    Saudi Arabia and Bahrain will join other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states with electronic visa waiver status, the Home Office has announced. The move will maintain security and effective border processes ensuring necessary security checks are carried out ahead of travel whilst enabling smooth transit through the UK border for visitors.

  • EU proposes Russian oil ban to make Putin ‘pay high price’ for Ukraine

    Reluctance to deliver sanctions that will hurt EU economies as well as Moscow faded in recent weeks as Russia's invasion of Ukraine brought horrific images of slaughter in towns and concern about a renewed offensive in the east of the country. Reflecting widespread anger in the West at Russian President Vladimir Putin's campaign - which Moscow says is a "special military operation" to defeat dangerous nationalists - the head of the EU executive said Moscow must face consequences.

  • Ukraine faces grain harvest storage crunch as exports struggle

    APK-Inform said on Tuesday that Ukraine's exports could total only 45.5 million tonnes of 2021's record harvest of 86 million tonnes and grain and oilseeds stocks at the end of the current season might reach an all-time 21.3 million tonne high.

  • Will Turkey’s outreach to the PUK change Iraqi Kurdish politics?

    Between the two ruling parties in Iraqi Kurdistan, Turkey has warmer relations with the KDP. Ankara’s relationship with the PUK has long been strained due to the latter’s ties with the PKK, which is based on an ideological overlap, and the PUK’s need to balance the KDP’s political power.

  • Number of Saudi universities rises to 22 in UK Times Higher Education’s Impact Rankings

    The number of the Saudi universities jumped to 22 universities in the UK Times Higher Education (THE)’s Impact Rankings in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2022. As many as 3 Saudi universities were included in 2019 to increase the number of the Saudi universities to 5 universities in 2020. In 2021, the number was increased to 12 universities, and it reached 22 universities this year.

  • Perspective: Russia’s war in Ukraine is making Saudi Arabia and the UAE rethink how they deal with US pressure over China

    The difficulties in the relationship don’t represent temporary tendencies directly related to the Ukraine war. They predate the crisis and run deeper into the fundamental pillars of the partnership, which was built primarily on mutual trust in addition to alignment on security interests and preserving global energy market stability.