
Alaa Shahine Salha
Geoeconomics analyst
Alaa Shahine Salha is a senior executive at Saudi Research & Media Group and an economics contributor for Asharq Business with Bloomberg. A Lebanese journalist, he previously served as Bloomberg News managing editor for the Middle East and managing editor for economics in Europe.
Saudi Arabia’s sizable deficit is a risk worth taking
Higher spending led to an unexpectedly large deficit in the first quarter, but inaction would have been a bigger risk.

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America’s Iraq failure is haunting Trump’s war with Iran
Iraqi militia attacks on Gulf states show how US failures in Iraq are complicating the Iran war.

Poster of former IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad. Ahmed Saad/Reuters
Why Saudi is weathering the war shock better than most
A week in Riyadh offers evidence that oil buffers and pragmatic policymaking are containing the fallout.

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