The Middle East

‘Colonial opera’: Were Western cultural imports tools of imperialism?

The idea of culture as a domain of imperialism and colonialism remains important in scholarship.

Adam Mestyan, Aeon
· May 09, 2018 · 11:30 pm
Salman's Saudi Arabia is on course – but for how long?

Still brutal and tribal, the Saudi kingdom can’t fall back on dynastic stability and foreign friendships forever.

Simon Mabon, The Conversation
· Jan 27, 2015 · 05:30 am