NOVANEWS Saudi Arabia and the West’s right wing: A dubious alliance By James M. Dorsey Traditionally focussed on ultra-conservative Sunni Islam, Saudi funding in the era of Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman has been streamlined and […]
NOVANEWS Saudi Prince Muhammad’s Achilles Heel: Misreading tea leaves in Washington By James M. Dorsey Emboldened by perceived White House support, Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman appears to have stepped up his risky, so far […]
NOVANEWS Trump’s chaos produces results: Gulf states upgrade ties to Israel By James M. Dorsey A cornerstone of the Trump administration’s approach to Israeli-Palestinian peace, involving a restructuring of relations between erstwhile Middle Eastern foes appears […]
NOVANEWS Saudi religious diplomacy targets Jerusalem By James M. Dorsey A United Arab Emirates-backed Saudi effort to wrest control from Jordan of Islam’s holy places in Jerusalem signals a sharper, more overt edge to Saudi religious […]
NOVANEWS By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem potentially sets the stage for a controversial American effort to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. […]
NOVANEWS By Lawrence Davidson The relevance of international law It is not easy to write anything new about President Trump’s 6 December 2017 announcement that he – and supposedly the US as a nation – was […]
NOVANEWS By Lawrence Davidson Grandiose delusional disorder During the presidential campaign I often referred to Donald Trump as a congenital liar, but it is possible that in doing so I made a “category mistake”. By definition […]
NOVANEWS By Lawrence Davidson In the halls of Congress and confines of the Oval Office, the perception is that the US is at war with an enemy called Al-Qaeda. Is this actually the case or is […]
NOVANEWS By Lawrence Davidson Cover-ups In a 22 May 2019 appearance in the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump declared “I don’t do cover-ups”. Various news outlets immediately started to enumerate a long list of bona […]
NOVANEWS A second Israeli election proves Netanyahu’s grip on power is slipping By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth In a sign of how politically vulnerable he has rapidly become, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu plunged Israel into new elections […]