Country Risk Profile
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia (Middle East) — Vision 2030, oil power and the Gulf balance.
KJ analysis on Saudi Arabia
- The Riyadh Isolation: Saudi Arabia’s Post-American Pivot
Saudi Arabia is systematically dismantling its eighty-year security reliance on Washington. This is not a diplomatic spat, but a calculated survival strategy to insulate Vision 2030 from the volatility of American domestic politics and regional entanglements.
- The Riyal Mediation: Saudi Arabia’s New Role as Regional Arbiter
As Washington’s influence becomes increasingly transactional and distracted, Riyadh has leveraged its financial gravity and neutralist pivot to become the Middle East’s primary de-escalation hub, fundamentally altering the region's security architecture.
- Why has Saudi Arabia established a mission to Palestine in Jerusalem?
- Is normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia now impossible?
- What is behind Saudi Arabia’s mediation in Sudan and will it succeed?
- Why is Saudi Arabia reluctant to save Egypt’s crumbling economy?
- Why is Saudi Arabia sending $400 million to Ukraine?
- Why is Saudi Arabia investing in its defense industry?