Sunday November 02, 2025 / 11 , Jumada al-ula , 1447
Header Logo
Leading The Way
search-icon
Footer Header
search-icon
SG
Saudi Arabia
Opinion
Discover Saudi
World
Sports
Business
Life
Advertisements
search-logo
  • Home
  • Opinion
Opinion
611 - 620 from 3248 . In "Opinion"
The importance of Putin’s visit
OkazThe visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Riyadh next week underlines the steps taken by Saudi Arabia to strengthen its relations with Russia after the boycott following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. These relations are important in light of the fact that the commitments of Western countries that are allies of the Kingdom are sometimes affected due to the war in Yemen or some rights issues on whose definitions they differ.The Kingdom, which faces regional challenges related to the safety and security of its citizens and territory, cannot remain at the mercy of the moods and whims of Western governments that affect its interests and must instead defend its sovereignty, interests and security.For this reason, openness to countries like Russia, China and South Korea...
October 09, 2019

The importance of Putin’s visit

Abdul Mahdi’s savage response to protest
More than 16 years ago, US President George W. Bush, relying on entirely phony evidence that Saddam Hussein still possessed weapons of mass destruction, led the invasion of Iraq and Saddam’s ouster. The consequences of this regime change have proved utterly disastrous. Regional peace was undermined by Al-Qaeda and Daesh (the self-proclaimed IS) terrorists’ campaigns which sprang into being amidst the wreckage of the old regime. Regional stability was overthrown as the chaos in Iraq gave the ayatollahs in Tehran the opportunity to exploit the country’s divisions and long-simmering rivalries. And most important of all, ordinary Iraqis were plunged into a world of murderous mayhem, from which the US-imposed trappings of a democracy have signally failed to delver them.The latest wave of...
October 08, 2019

Abdul Mahdi’s savage response to protest

Benefits of entertainment
OkazYesterday, I went through the Riyadh Season programs, whose events are organized by the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) and are set to begin soon. Truly speaking, I never expected the programs to be so comprehensive and diverse, not to speak of the seriousness, care and attention that took place in making preparations.The Jeddah Season was also a very positive beginning compared to the gloomy situation that characterized entertainment before the creation of the GEA and prior to “breaking the chains that imprisoned the birds of happiness in people’s hearts for so long”.The residents of a city like Riyadh, which is located in the heart of the desert, used to look for entertainment in other regions of the country that were of a different nature.The reason for this was the lack...
October 08, 2019

Benefits of entertainment

The abuse of prayer breaks
While having early morning breakfast at a cafe yesterday, my wife asked me what the theme of this week’s column was going to be. I told her that I hadn’t started on one, and neither had I zeroed in on a topic yet. In the back of my mind, I had been mulling over the outlines of a column on the continuing illegal and immoral siege of Kashmir at the hands of the Indian armed forces, eight million or more innocent Kashmiris to be exact, but that needed a bit more time and research to put together. And time is a luxury, as deadlines are often a writer’s greatest dilemma.“Why not write about the break times?” she volunteered helpfully as she often does when I present her with a blank look. “Why don’t you highlight the issue of the extraordinary number of break times business...
October 08, 2019

The abuse of prayer breaks

Turkey welshes on EU asylum deal
IN March 2016, Turkey made a deal with the European Union. It would curtail the flow of migrants to Greece, which by 2015 had passed one million. In return Ankara accepted $3.3 billion from Brussels, which it was supposed to be devoting to the care of the 3.5 million largely Syrian migrants it was hosting. The EU also agreed to allow Turkish citizens free movement within the borderless Schengen area and promised to “reenergize” stalled talks on Turkey’s accession to the Union.One of the scandalous details of the deal was that the Turkey would accept back Syrians who were deemed by EU officials, specially drafted into Greece, not to have a valid claim for asylum. However, Brussels also agreed to grant entry to one Syrian migrant for every other Syrian sent back. Such was the relief at...
October 08, 2019

Turkey welshes on EU asylum deal

Are we prepared for foreign tourists?
When Saudi Arabia recently began granting visas to tourists from 49 countries, I wondered how many foreigners, especially Westerners, would embrace the idea of visiting an unspoiled land, which has remained elusive for visitors even though it houses dozens of archaeological sites, historical monuments, and unique landscapes. Then I recalled the Japanese proverb: “If you love your child, allow him travel!”There are those who love to travel, because it increases their knowledge of geography, people and history. There are those who love to travel alone, without companions! The famous British poet Rudyard Kipling said: “He travels the fastest who travels alone.”Some believe that travel is a journey to plumb the depths of the soul, by learning about people, places, and monuments. I...
October 07, 2019

Are we prepared for foreign tourists?

Money, cities and greed!
Thomas Cook, the 180-year-old British travel group, recently ceased operations astounding the global market. Some have interpreted what happened as the result of not being prepared for the new and changing reality of the tourism industry and the latest technical developments, while others view the company’s collapse as a result of unlimited greed and capitalist savagery.In the 1970s, Harvard Business School classrooms were called “noon darkness” because some were held in the basement at lunchtime and with very little attendance. In the 1990s, the situation changed as investment banks turned into the promised economic paradise. However, this was followed by financial meltdowns, scandals, abuses and crimes all of which involved a certain amount of greed and fraud.Modern history in the...
October 07, 2019

Money, cities and greed!

Trump’s new trade war
Trump’s new trade warWHEN China’s President Xi Jinping last week opened Beijing’s Daxing International, the world’s biggest airport, ahead of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Chinese communist party’s coming to power, commentators overlooked one interesting fact. This was that the majority of the civilian airliners that began to use Daxing, was made abroad, predominantly in the United States and Europe.It seems more than certain that in the-not too distant future this will change with newly-developed Chinese aircraft being bought and operated successfully by airlines around the world. But for the moment, the market is dominated by the two giants and deadly rivals, Boeing and Airbus.The US has just won a World Trade Organization judgment that the European consortium, which...
October 04, 2019

Trump’s new trade war

Iraq’s menacing militias
WHEN it comes to Iraqi government’s demobilization of its often lawless militias, President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be one step behind events. Mick Mulroy, soon to depart from Trump’s Defense Department team has said Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi must press on with plans he announced at the start of July to bring an end to the Popular Mobilization Units (PMUs).In fact it looks as if Mahdi has succumbed to pressure from Iran to backtrack on his scheme. There have been widespread protests at his decision to sidetrack one of the country’s more effective senior military commanders. Staff Lieutenant General Abdulwahab Al-Saadi, who was the deputy head of the key Counter-Terrorism Service has been moved to a desk job in the ministry of defense. He is not a happy man...
October 03, 2019

Iraq’s menacing militias

Turkey’s mood is changing
MANY Turks are worried and angry. Their country seems to be changing for the worse. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arguably their most remarkable politician since the Republic’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, is no longer the sure-footed leader who took power 17 years ago. The man who dared to make peace with Kurdish rebels, who restored language, cultural and political rights to this significant majority, who promised an inclusive politics led by his moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) and who oversaw a boom in overseas investment and major infrastructural projects, looks increasingly beleaguered and out of ideas.The well-educated middle classes welcomed his arrival after years of venal and bickering politics. They remembered his four years to 1998 as an impressive...
October 02, 2019

Turkey’s mood is changing

< Previous Next >
footer logo
COPYRIGHT © 2025 WWW.SAUDIGAZETTE.COM.SA - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Powered by NewsPress
NEWS CATEGORY
saudi arabia world opinion business sports esports life
COMPANY
advertisements about us Epaper contact us Archive privacy policy