Saudi Arabia’s Neom Project, the Howeitat Conflict and Tribe-State Relations
The case of the Howeitat’s division over the Neom project portends a decidedly weaker role for tribes and kinship groups in Mohammed bin Salman’s “new Saudi Arabia.”
Interview – Anoush Ehteshami
Prof. Ehteshami talks about his latest book on Iran, the MENA region’s relationship with East Asia, the impact of sanctions on Iran, and the resurgence of Saudi Arabia.
Authoritarian Reformism in Saudi Arabia
With Vision 2030, the Saudi administration emulates previous successes in a renegotiation of the social contract within the Kingdom that preserves authoritarian rule.
Saudi-Iranian Relations after the Rise of Mohammad Bin Salman
Whilst Saudi Arabia is experiencing existential transformations in political and social life, the Middle East faces an increasingly precarious period.
Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’: Will It Save Or Sink the Middle East?
‘Vision 2030’ is a Janus-faced transformational program. It is poised to mildly or hardly shake up the Middle East, whether it fails or succeeds.
