Squeezed

Why Saudis feel squeezed even as the economy booms

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THE BILLBOARDS still line the motorway from the airport to the Saudi capital. They promise a “new modern downtown” for Riyadh, to be dominated by a cube-shaped skyscraper meant to be the world’s most voluminous building. Developers pressed ahead despite warnings that the cube, known as the Mukaab, would collapse under its own weight. The … Read more

Squeezed by U.S. and China, the world’s middle powers are teaming up

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LONDON—In a world increasingly shaped by two unpredictable great powers—the U.S. and China—the world’s middle powers are boosting cooperation in areas from trade to security in a bid to ensure they don’t become roadkill in the new world order. As the U.S. and China reshape the global order, middle powers are deepening cooperation in trade … Read more