High-Tech Desert Hellscape
Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia has a dream: a futuristic desert city stretching to the clouds. But down in the sand, it’s a cyberpunk dystopia.
2 Articles by: Laleh Khalili
Laleh Khalili is a professor of Gulf studies at University of Exeter and the author of several books, including Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula.
The Suez Canal Is a Lifeline for Global Capitalism
The Suez Canal blockage inspired a thousand memes, but its consequences for the world economy were deadly serious. The canal has always performed a vital function for capitalist trade, and there’s no reason to think its economic and geopolitical importance is going to decline.