https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATxGhn5Pmlg/karen-e-young RSS for Node Fri, 08 May 2026 01:23:12 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-25/after-gaza-israel-s-abraham-accords-dividend-is-in-doubt https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-25/after-gaza-israel-s-abraham-accords-dividend-is-in-doubt Tue, 25 May 2021 04:00:18 GMT Stun grenades burst in the air amid clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-10/jordan-s-royal-rift-underlines-its-need-for-reform https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-10/jordan-s-royal-rift-underlines-its-need-for-reform Sat, 10 Apr 2021 04:00:10 GMT Angry people prevent passage to the vehicle of parliamentarians as it approaches al-Hussein New Salt Hospital in the town of Salt, northwest of Jordan's capital, on March 13, 2021. - King Abdullah II ordered the head of the state hospital in Salt to resign, state media reported, as hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital to protest the deaths of least six COVID-19 patients after it ran out of oxygen. Jordan's health minister also resigned following the incident. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP) (Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-12/gulf-states-should-make-the-most-of-oil-s-last-boom https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-12/gulf-states-should-make-the-most-of-oil-s-last-boom Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:00:24 GMT This picture taken on December 11, 2019, shows an oil tanker at the port of Ras al-Khair, about 185 kilometres north of Dammam in Saudi Arabia's eastern province overlooking the Gulf. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-27/saudi-arabia-gets-its-timing-right-for-the-davos-of-the-desert https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-27/saudi-arabia-gets-its-timing-right-for-the-davos-of-the-desert Wed, 27 Jan 2021 05:30:02 GMT Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman attends a meeting on world economy at the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Eliot BLONDET / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read ELIOT BLONDET/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-02/how-biden-can-safely-help-iran-s-economy https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-02/how-biden-can-safely-help-iran-s-economy Wed, 02 Dec 2020 07:30:01 GMT TEHRAN, IRAN - NOVEMBER 09: The graffiti on the walls of the former Tehran Embassy building in the capital city of Tehran is seen on November 09, 2020 in Tehran, Iran. The people in Iran seem hopeful that Joe Biden, who won the U.S. Presidential election, lifts the sanctions and that the economy will regain mobility. Iranian people, who have had a difficult times for 2,5 years after Donald Trump left the nuclear deal on May 8, 2018 and imposed sanctions on Tehran on August 7, expect Biden, who won the U.S. elections, to lift the embargoes. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-10-06/why-2021-would-be-inauspicious-for-a-new-iran-deal https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-10-06/why-2021-would-be-inauspicious-for-a-new-iran-deal Tue, 06 Oct 2020 05:00:40 GMT The impounded Iranian crude oil tanker, Grace 1, is silhouetted as it sits anchored off the coast of Gibraltar on Saturday, July 20, 2019. Tensions have flared in the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks as Iran resists U.S. sanctions that are crippling its oil exports and lashes out after the seizure on July 4 of one of its ships near Gibraltar. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-08/for-gulf-arab-states-china-is-a-temporary-friend https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-08/for-gulf-arab-states-china-is-a-temporary-friend Tue, 08 Sep 2020 06:03:08 GMT Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 22, 2019. (Photo by HOW HWEE YOUNG / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read HOW HWEE YOUNG/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-07-02/china-is-not-the-middle-east-s-high-roller https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-07-02/china-is-not-the-middle-east-s-high-roller Thu, 02 Jul 2020 05:00:22 GMT Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (L) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) after a press conference at Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2019. (Photo by FRED DUFOUR / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-05-24/saudi-arabia-s-ambitious-housing-goals-needs-empowered-women https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-05-24/saudi-arabia-s-ambitious-housing-goals-needs-empowered-women Fri, 24 May 2019 05:00:13 GMT A Saudi woman poses for a photograph with her Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) automobile in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, June 25, 2018. Lifting the ban on driving is likely to increase the number of women seeking jobs and could add about $90 billion to economic output by 2030 -- as much income as plans to sell shares in the national oil company. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-01-22/arab-states-should-beware-of-indices-bearing-easy-money https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-01-22/arab-states-should-beware-of-indices-bearing-easy-money Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:00:25 GMT Visitors stand and watch stock movements displayed on large video screens inside the Saudi Stock Exchange, also known as the Tadawul All Share Index in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, Nov.28, 2016. The Tadawul All Share Index advanced 26 percent since Saudi Arabia’s record-breaking bond sale last month, the most in the world during that period. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-09-18/saudi-reforms-could-cause-a-crisis-for-egypt https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-09-18/saudi-reforms-could-cause-a-crisis-for-egypt Tue, 18 Sep 2018 05:00:20 GMT Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening session of the Africa 2017 Forum in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on December 8, 2017. The Africa 2017 Forum brings together political and business leaders from across the continent to the south Sinai peninsula resort. / AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-17/saudi-arabia-s-problem-not-the-canada-fight-but-capital-flight https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-17/saudi-arabia-s-problem-not-the-canada-fight-but-capital-flight Fri, 17 Aug 2018 06:00:18 GMT The shine seems to have come off Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s “Vision 2030” plan.