Saudi Arabia

Two high-profile Islamist militants have been killed over the past three weeks by authorities in Yemen, which says more about the interests of the country's power structure than it does about an overall move to crack down on the growing jihadist threat. (With Stratfor map) [more]

The United States and Saudi Arabia could try riling up separatists in Russia's Muslim areas to keep the resurging Russia occupied. (With Stratfor map) [more]

A bus bombing in Tripoli, Lebanon, was a message from Saudi-backed Sunni militants that they will resist a coming crackdown. [more]

Oil prices have finally dropped back below $120, returning to an important sensitivity threshold for developing economies. A look at the psychological thresholds and geopolitical impacts of oil’s climb — and fall. [more]

Recent events have cast light on the complexity of the problem that the United States faces in trying to stabilize operations in Afghanistan and pressuring Pakistan to reassert control over the jihadists operating on its side of the Afghan-Pakistani border. [more]