Monarchy
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Iran and Pakistan Are Not the Same Kind of State
X.T.M argues that Iran cannot be analysed like Pakistan because it is a civilisation-state some three thousand years old. He says authority there rests on inherited ideas, from monarchy to…
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Resistance, Realignment, and the Roads Not Taken
In reflections drawn from comment threads, X.T.M calls Gaza a genocide, sees a possible Muslim-world reversal of fortunes in Azerbaijan, Iran, the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, and asks what resistance…
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The unconscious whiteness of Britain-
The author recounts a story of a Cambridge college bursar’s racist lighting remark that cost an Asian engineer a contract, and argues institutional racism, sexism and classism will keep Britain’s…
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Dynamics of the Saudi Royal Family
Hamid Hussain’s 2017 backgrounder on how the Saudi royal family works argues that absolute monarchy is opaque, decided by decree and palace intrigue, and describes governance by the sons of…
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Why Kill Jamal Khashoggi? (A personal view from Dr Hussain)
Hamid Hussain argues the Khashoggi killing must be read as part of a struggle inside the Saudi royal family, since Khashoggi was a mild critic with links to princes sidelined…
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The ineffectual British Monarchy and why one shouldn’t Diss Chris
A self-described High Tory defends Christopher Columbus against a comedian’s mocking video, criticises Cambridge students’ vote on honouring war veterans, and argues the Queen squandered the goodwill her father earned…
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Royal Rumble – Dynamics of Saudi Royal Family
Hamid Hussain analyses the dynamics of the Saudi royal family after two years of change, arguing that absolute monarchies are opaque, that Saudis rarely speak candidly, and that succession now…
