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Jörgen Persson's Saudi Role: More Than Just Sportswashing

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Jörgen Persson's Saudi Role: More Than Just Sportswashing

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Table tennis legend Jörgen Persson's new job in Saudi Arabia cannot solely be seen as "sportswashing". It is a side effect of the authoritarian regime's attempt to maintain its geopolitical power, according to researcher Anna Vidén

Saudi Arabia – from pariah to peacemaker

Saudi Arabia – from pariah to peacemaker

3 MIN READ

Saudi Arabia is washing its image with diplomacy. This week's top meeting on the Ukraine war highlights the dictatorship's striving to become a political power player to be reckoned with

Dictators and Militia Leaders Congratulate Pezeshkian

Dictators and Militia Leaders Congratulate Pezeshkian

Iran's newly elected president Masoud Pezeshkian is congratulated by Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Syria's dictator al-Assad and Shia militia Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah.