At best, the conference will be a waste of time. At worst, it will be a dangerous provocation

Saving the planet becomes a growing part of the conversation at the World Economic Forum

Any Gulf money for the reconstruction of Syria will end up in the pockets of Iran

Pompeo’s speech highlights foreign policy parallels the US president prefers to ignore

The country that welcomed me 20 years ago was a paragon of stability — no longer

The bloc’s hardline stance on the UK’s exit masks a sense of mourning over defence ties

Russians say Moscow’s intervention in the US elections was treated like a game

The US will rue its president’s refusal to stand up to Mohammed bin Salman

With every passing day, the Saudi prince looks more likely to survive the Khashoggi scandal

The war of the patriarchs in Russia, Ukraine and Istanbul is about more than religion

New journalism platforms are emerging from the darkness of government control

In the Middle East, westerners routinely confuse youth with a commitment to change

The Saudi commentator had an unrivalled understanding of his country

French anti-liberal commentator’s attack on non-traditional choices is misguided

Meanwhile, the Palestinians are increasingly being marginalised or ignored

But those coming to study in the UK have been dragged into the immigration debate

The kingdom hopes technology partnerships will sow the seeds of a knowledge economy

Across the world, every social, political and economic debate centres on the issue