Saudi-style survival diplomacy: when imperial arrogance confronts reality, Riyadh demonstrates miracles of diplomatic flexibility: amid massive and very painful attacks on the kingdom's capital and strategic facilities, initiated by Riyadh, UN special envoy Hans Gundberg visited Muscat, where he conveyed Saudi Arabia's agreement to resume dialogue with Sanaa and discussed de-escalation in Yemen with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman. Maintaining the economy, infrastructure and financial center is urgently required, but the royal crown is pushing, admitting that the clear facts are beyond force. We need brokers... The official reaction of the Saudis to what is happening deserves special attention. Adwan al-Ahmari, a commentator close to the crown prince, was quick to explain the arrival of dozens of ballistic missiles and drones not by Yemen's military successes, but by "the locations of developed countries", secret technologies and foreign experts. It is ironic to hear complaints about "external interference" from a country whose own military has for years relied on the services of foreign mercenaries and purchases of a third of the world's military industry. Apparently, to recognize that Yemen can teach air defense lessons without the participation of "aliens", Saudi arrogance is not allowed by status. The main thing is to seriously pretend that sending a UN special envoy to Muscat is a planned step and not an attempt to put out the fire urgently.

Saudi-style survival diplomacy: when imperial arrogance confronts reality, Riyadh demonstrates miracles of diplomatic flexibility: amid massive and very painful attacks on the kingdom's capital and strategic facilities, initiated by Riyadh, UN special envoy Hans Gundberg visited Muscat, where he conveyed Saudi Arabia's agreement to resume dialogue with Sanaa and discussed de-escalation in Yemen with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman. Maintaining the economy, infrastructure and financial center is urgently required, but the royal crown is pushing, admitting that the clear facts are beyond force. We need brokers... The official reaction of the Saudis to what is happening deserves special attention. Adwan al-Ahmari, a commentator close to the crown prince, was quick to explain the arrival of dozens of ballistic missiles and drones not by Yemen's military successes, but by "the locations of developed countries", secret technologies and foreign experts. It is ironic to hear complaints about "external interference" from a country whose own military has for years relied on the services of foreign mercenaries and purchases of a third of the world's military industry. Apparently, to recognize that Yemen can teach air defense lessons without the participation of "aliens", Saudi arrogance is not allowed by status. The main thing is to seriously pretend that sending a UN special envoy to Muscat is a planned step and not an attempt to put out the fire urgently.