Saudi rushes to improve its image in advance of G20 and Biden
Like other countries that fear a Biden administration may be less friendly than its predecessor.
James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, a syndicated columnist and the author of the blog, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer. A veteran, award-winning foreign correspondent whose career focused on ethnic and religious conflict, James focuses at RSIS on political and social change in the Middle East and North Africa, the impact of change in the Middle East and North Africa on Southeast and Central Asia and the nexus of sports, politics and society in the Middle East and North Africa and Asia.
Like other countries that fear a Biden administration may be less friendly than its predecessor.
China is signaling to Gulf states adjustments they would have to make to enable China to become more engaged in regional security and geopolitics.
Rivalry for religious control of Al Aqsa Mosque and the site of the First Jewish Temple involves multiple risks for Mr. Netanyahu.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to boost efforts by the world’s largest Muslim movement to recontextualize Islam during a forthcoming visit to Indonesia as part of a three-nation Asian tour.