Saudi Arabia

2 briefs

conflict 2026-04-12

Pakistan's Both Sides

Pakistan is hosting US-Iran peace talks while simultaneously sending fighter jets to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defense pact. The two moves are not contradictory. They are Pakistan's bet on being indispensable to everyone.

power 2026-04-09

Saudi Arabia Killed The Line and Built a Data Center Instead

MBS suspended his $500 billion linear city after 1.4% completion, pivoted $23 billion to AI infrastructure, and made Elon Musk's Grok the kingdom's national AI layer. The geopolitical bet underneath this is enormous.