Posts Tagged: Saudi Arabia golf
Will Gulf Sports Diplomacy Hit Choppy Waters?
Storm clouds may be gathering, potentially casting a shadow over Saudi Arabia's shock-and-awe sports buying spree, and complicating the geopolitical and geoeconomic sports strategies of...
Autocrats Shift Gears By Exporting Repression of Freedoms Abroad
Increasingly, muzzling political freedoms beyond national borders is part of an autocrat’s toolkit. Men like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and the presidents of...
Saudi Sports Initiative Will Take More Than Money
For the second time in a month, Saudi Arabia has discovered that money buys a lot -- but not everything. First, there was Argentinian soccer superstar...
Where Are US-Saudi Relations Headed?
A draft bill in the US House of Representatives that would strip PGA Tour, the organizer of golf’s flagship events, of its tax-exempt status because...
Saudi Sports Blitz Is Off to a Mixed Start
Since arriving in Saudi Arabia five months ago, soccer superstar Ronaldo has scored 14 goals in 16 games for his new club, Al Nassr. Yet,...
Historic Women’s Golf Event in Saudi Arabia Set for October
The first women’s professional golf event to be staged in Saudi Arabia has been rescheduled for Oct. 8-11 after it was postponed last month due...
