The Latest Breaking News from David Wearing

What is the Tories’ Middle East legacy? Quietly tying Britain to the Gulf states and the brutal war in Yemen

Labour faces a choice: change course or continue hoovering up petrodollars and turning a blind eye to citizens suffering in the region, says David Wearing, a lecturer in international relations

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

From a 100-mile city to a desert ski resort: why is Saudi Arabia spending billions on architectural ‘gigaprojects’?

The Saudi crown prince is creating wildly ambitious projects masterminded by renowned architects, curators and designers. The upshot is either progressive modernisation or image-laundering, depending who you ask

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023

£19.3bn of fossil fuels imported by UK from authoritarian states in year since Ukraine war

As Russian oil and gas imports fell petrostates including UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia increased exports to UK

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023