17.09.2020

Academic Articles: Journal of Cold War Studies

The Cold War and the Communist Party of Saudi Arabia

The Communist Party of Saudi Arabia was a pro-Soviet Marxist-Leninist party that existed from 1975 until the early 1990s. Its roots lay in the labor movement of the 1950s in the oil-producing Eastern Province.

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30.09.2016

Academic Articles: POMEPS

Transnational Diffusion between Arab Shia Movements

Anti-Shia polemics generally overemphasize the transnational connections of Arab Shia communities, while Arab Shia leaders often downplay them, stating that the national affiliation is the most important trait of Arab Shia identity.

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28.07.2016

Newspaper Articles: Muftah

The Yemen War in Saudi Media

The Kingdom has branded itself a leading regional player and made the Yemen war a center-piece of its new position in the region. It will become increasingly difficult to sustain this media narrative the longer the conflict goes on and the more casualties and destitution the fighting causes.

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22.02.2016

Newspaper Articles: The Caravan

Saudi Arabia’s Uncertain Future

With an escalating logic almost built into the Syrian war, an inexperienced, belligerent and ambitious young royal in charge in Riyadh, a trigger-happy Erdogan shooting down Russian planes, and sectarianism as rampant as ever, the future of Saudi Arabia and the region is more unpredictable than it has been for a long time.

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