Category Archives: Saudi Arabia

The Conqueror of the Worlds …

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Muller

… works out an agreement. He carefully considers pros and cons of possibly irreversible decisions. He knows that he had always succeeded whenever he had raped his adversaries. His deals have always been struck by coercion. It is reported that … Continue reading →

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Finding the Right Time

Posted on May 19, 2026 by Muller

Sure, Trump is itching to strike. There is no other way out of the impasse over the Strait of Hormuz. And deep inside, he knows he has caused the mess. Boots on the ground have been attempted on Easter and … Continue reading →

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Twenty Years On in Saudi Arabia

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Muller

Since I have retired from my professional life a couple of years ago, it was every now and then tempting to write sort of memoirs here on this blog and elsewhere. These days I have once more looked, with horror, … Continue reading →

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Holier-than-though

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Muller

Amids a humanitarian catastrophe of, well, biblical dimension in Yemen, the BBC’s Lyse Doucet interviewed yesterday Saudi Arabia’s foreign affairs minister, Adel al-Jubeir. Visibly miffed by insisting Doucet, the 55-yr-old indeed soft-spoke about Iran as the root cause of the … Continue reading →

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What Has Happened to These Boys?

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Muller

I had taken this picture in early 2007 on our walk down from Kawkaban (at almost 3000 m) to Shibam (the other one, not that in the Hadhramaut). Yemen was my last travel destination when living in the Middle East. … Continue reading →

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