Political Analysis and Global Affairs

Editorial-style illustration showing the Saudi and UAE national flags facing each other with a fracture between them, representing emerging political, economic, and strategic tensions between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi amid shifting Gulf geopolitics.  A Saudi academic has publicly accused the United Arab Emirates of acting as “Israel’s Trojan horse” in the Arab world. The statement is explosive, not because of its language alone, but because of what it implies: a deep strategic fracture inside the Gulf. For more than a decade, Saudi Arabia and the UAE appeared aligned on nearly every major regional issue — from countering the Arab Spring to coordinating in Yemen and Libya. That unity now looks far less certain. When a former member of Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council openly frames Abu Dhabi as facilitating Israeli regional ambitions, it signals more than disagreement. It suggests structural tension. Gaza Was the Trigger — But Not the Root The interview places Gaza at the moral center of...