Saudi Arabia: Defense, Energy and Royal Leadership

Saudi Arabia's defense, energy, economic and foreign policy and the decisions of its leadership, covering the Kingdom's military posture and procurement, oil and industrial strategy, key officials and royal decision-makers, and its relations with regional and global powers.

Saudi Arabia is fighting on multiple fronts at the height of the MBS era: a resumed US-Iran war, a Houthi offensive that has struck Abha airport and seized ground near Bab Al-Mandeb, attacks on Abqaiq and the East-West Pipeline, a rift with the UAE, and a pivot toward new defense alliances.

This country hub consolidates intelligence on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman and Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, who now also steers industry; Aramco's Petroline restart, East-West expansion and financial resilience under Amin Nasser; the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement with Turkey and Pakistan; the Saudi-US arms package, F-35 file and civil nuclear agreement; the Saudi-French Declaration of Intent and MBS's Paris visit; GAMI under acting governor Bandar Al-Khorayef, SAMI's RUKN program and SAMI-AEC; HUMAIN; Saudi-Chinese missile cooperation; and bilateral defense files with South Korea, Italy, Germany and Turkiye.

The definitive intelligence layer on the Kingdom for defense primes, sovereign investors, energy desks and policy strategists.