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<ul><li><keyword id="6356895" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cyrus-Mistry" source="Orion">Cyrus Mistry</keyword> was once liked by Rata <keyword id="8555" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="tata" source="Orion">Tata</keyword>, who called him astute and humble, and later anointed him as his successor in 2012.</li><li><keyword id="6391150" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="mistry" source="Orion">Mistry</keyword> went on to become the sixth <keyword id="6355725" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="tata-group" source="Orion">Tata Group</keyword> chairman, and only the second without a Tata surname.</li><li>However, Mistry’s ascension to the top of India’s biggest conglomerate was short-lived, with <keyword id="6360722" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="ratan-tata" source="Orion">Ratan Tata</keyword> himself ousting Mistry in a ‘palace coup’ in 2016.</li><li>Here’s a run down the memory lane of the history between the Mistrys and Tatas, India’s most prominent Parsi families.</li></ul>Cyrus Mistry’s untimely death in an accident near Mumbai has come as a shock to many, but it has also re-opened the saga of his prolonged battle with the Tata Group and Ratan Tata. Mistry was otherwise a very reclusive, private person, and not much is out in the public about his life. However, his battle with the Tata Group was as public and explosive as it could be, where he locked horns with Ratan Tata, the group’s managing trustee at the time, R Venkataramanan, and other senior officials. Mistry was the chairman of the Tata Group for four years, from 2012 to 2016. During his tenure as the chairman, Mistry is credited for turning around Tata Motors, but he seems to have ruffled feathers during his tenure. His reclusive nature meant he did not host a single press conference during his four years as the group chairman. But what could have gone so wrong that two of the most prominent Parsi families of the country ended up standing against each other, despite a partnership of over 90 years? <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Tatas and Mistrys – how it all began" comment="subhead" text="Tatas and Mistrys – how it all began">Tatas and Mistrys – how it all began</cmsannotation> Tatas and Mistrys share nearly a century of relationship spanning over three generations. It all began in the 1930s when Shapoorji Pallonji acquired a 12.5% stake in Tata Sons – the owner of the Tata Group – from FE Dinshaw’s estate. The SP Group’s stake increased to 18.5% after a rights issue in 1996. Since then, the Pallonjis have remained quiet partners in the Tata Group. By some estimates, their investments amounted to just $11 million for the stake they have in the Tata Group, but the value of those investments has surged to several billion dollars over the years. Buffett who? <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Who was Cyrus Mistry?" comment="subhead" text="Who was Cyrus Mistry?"><keyword id="14894773" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Who-was-Cyrus-Mistry" source="Orion">Who was Cyrus Mistry</keyword>?</cmsannotation> Cyrus Mistry was the grandson of Shapoorji Pallonji and the son of Pallonji Mistry. He is survived by his wife and two children. Born in 1968, Mistry got a civil engineering degree from Imperial College London. He joined his family’s construction company, Shapoorji Pallonji &amp; Co., as a director in 1991. His connection with the Tata Group began in 2006, when he took up the mantle of a director a year after his father retired. He was subsequently elevated as the deputy chairman of the Tata Group. When Ratan Tata finally retired as the group chairman in 2012, Mistry replaced him and became the sixth chairman of the Tata Group – and only the second to not bear the Tata surname. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="‘An appointment of convenience’, and not conviction?" comment="subhead" text="‘An appointment of convenience’, and not conviction?">‘An appointment of convenience’, and not conviction?</cmsannotation> Unlike Ratan Tata’s ascension to the throne as the head of the Tata Group, Mistry’s elevation was seen by some in the industry as an “appointment of convenience”, not conviction. Further lending credence to this thought is Ratan Tata’s eventual return as the Tata Group chairman in just four years. When Mistry entered his family business in 1991, Ratan Tata was elevated as the group chairman by his uncle, JRD Tata. Since then, the family patriarch has ruled over the group’s businesses. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="How the Tata-Pallonji’s decades-long partnership broke down" comment="subhead" text="How the Tata-Pallonji’s decades-long partnership broke down">How the Tata-Pallonji’s decades-long partnership broke down</cmsannotation> Mistry, despite his reserved nature, pulled no punches when it came to steering the Tata Group’s future. He voiced his opposition to the group’s often expensive decisions – like the one to acquire Jaguar Land Rover, or rolling out Ratan Tata’s pet project, the ₹1 lakh Nano car. <div type="image" title="Ratan Tata Cyrus Mistry1" msid="94000761" hostid="261" sizebytes="84758" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Ratan Tata and Cyrus Mistry&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Mistry also voiced his opposition to investing the cash sink that is the aviation business – Tata Sons eventually ended up acquiring a 51% stake in a $100 million venture, far above Mistry’s agreed promise of a 30% stake in a $30 million equity. Mistry’s ouster from the Tata Group has been called a ‘palace coup’ by many in the industry. His pushback against the Tatas and attempts to steer the group to a low-debt high-margin regime eventually led to his downfall. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="An ugly, public spat" comment="subhead" text="An ugly, public spat">An ugly, public spat</cmsannotation> While Mistry liked to maintain a low profile, his spat with the Tata Group was as public as it could get. Eventually, Tatas’ relationship with Cyrus Mistry broke down so much so that Mistry was unceremoniously ousted as the chairman. This resulted in a legal tussle a few months later, going from the NCLT to the Supreme Court of India. India’s top court eventually ruled against Mistry, and dismissed a review petition filed by the SP Group earlier this year, thus bringing an end to the 6-year long ugly legal battle that frayed ties between India’s two most prominent Parsi families. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/modi-and-industry-leaders-express-condolences-on-cyrus-mistrys-death/articleshow/93986009.cms">Cyrus and I shared a laugh last month on a bench in London, says former strategy head of Tata Sons</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/personalities/life-and-times-of-cyrus-mistry-the-most-low-profile-man-with-the-most-high-profile-exit/articleshow/93986896.cms">Life and times of Cyrus Mistry – the most low profile man with the most high profile exit</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/personalities/news/remembering-cyrus-mistry-10-things-to-know-about-the-former-tata-sons-chairman/slidelist/93994782.cms">Remembering Cyrus Mistry: 10 things to know about the former Tata Sons chairman</a>

Cyrus Mistry vs Tata Group – decoding the battle of prestige between India’s most prominent Parsi families

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 <keyword id="630348" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Taj-Mansingh-hotel">Taj Mansingh Hotel</keyword> situated in <keyword id="6442584" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="lutyens-delhi">Lutyens Delhi</keyword> towards the southwest of<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=india+gate&amp;sortorder=effectivedate"> India Gate</a> is one of the rare examples of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=mughal+architecture&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Mughal architecture</a> in the city. Constructed entirely out of pink Dholpur sandstone and set amidst a garden, Taj Mansingh is an epitome of luxury and indulgence and while a lot of people dream of actually living in this five-star property, one man actually made that very wish come true- that too for 37 years. 
 Meet <keyword id="2354145" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Dadi-Balsara">Dadi Balsara</keyword>, the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=parsi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Parsi</a> businessman who had lived in Taj Mansingh Hotel for a whopping 36 years- becoming Taj Mansingh Hotel’s long-standing guest until he passed away in 2014 at the age of 71. 
 
Balsara and his wife Christina Stone (who passed away in 2009) both made the Room no 901, one of Taj Mansingh’s luxury suite their home and lived and loved the hotel as his own. The couple had no children. 
 
According to hotel sources, Balsara never felt the need of buying a house in the city as he considered Taj Mansingh as his home and the hotel staff his extended family. He not only knew the hotel like the palm of his hand, but was also incredibly close to the staff. In the course of his 36-year-long stay, he had grown close to a valet who was considered more of Balsara’s personal aide, rather than a hotel staffer. 
 
He was also the first member of the Taj InnerCircle loyalty programme. The hotel staff also talked of how co-operative Balsara was. 
 

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“Whenever we would have a VIP guest- such as the Prime Minister or President of some country staying with us, who wanted the floor to be cleared- we would inform of him of the same and he would promptly comply with their wishes and would return only when the guest had left the hotel.” 
 Infact, it was Balsara who had set up the largest natural mineral water plant in Dhaula Kaun in Himachal Pradesh in with an investment of $20 million and created the niche Himayalan mineral water brand. Manufactured by his <keyword id="3543750" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="mount-everest-mineral-water-limited">Mount Everest Mineral Water Limited</keyword>, he ensured that Himayalan stands out in the highly competitive bottled water segment in the country. 
 
And, as luck would have it, taking his association with the hospitality brand one step closer, he sold off his priced asset, the Himalayan brand to none other than the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=tata+group&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Tata Group</a> in 2007. This marked Tata Global Beverages foray into the Indian packaged water segment. 
 
Contrary to popular belief, Balsara was not born a billionaire. He was born into a family of modest means and began his career as an LIC officer in Nagpur, earning a meager salary of Rs 600. He later went on to the US to study psychiatry on a scholarship and started his own practice after obtaining a doctorate. 
 
Unfortunately, he was forced to look at other career options when his practice failed as hardly anyone turned up for a consultation. 
His big break came when a Japanese television channel decided to host his ‘holistic lifestyle’ programmes which as time passed became a roaring success and finally money started to roll in. 
 
It was only uphill from there. Balsara later settle in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=singapore&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Singapore</a> where he earned the title of ‘Perfumes king of Asia’ by selling perfumes. In 1991 he decided to come back to India and settled in Delhi. 
 
With a business empire spread across 63 countries, Balsara was one of the richest NRI at the time of his death. He reportedly had Rs 250 crore in his bank account.

The curious story of Dadi Balsara, the Parsi billionaire who stayed
at Taj Mansingh Hotel for 36 years

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman welcomed Donald Trump's first election win.</li><li>But this time round, Gulf leaders may be wary about his victory.</li></ul>Donald Trump's first trip as US president to Saudi Arabia in 2017 was a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-orb-shoes-sword-dancing-toby-keith-saudi-arabia-foreign-trip-2017-5">lavish spectacle.</a>He joined a traditional sword dance, had his image projected onto the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh, and signed a multibillion-dollar arms deal with the kingdom.At the time, leaders like Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman lavished praise on him and welcomed his brash style, particularly toward Iran.Now, however, attitudes toward Iran have changed, and Gulf leaders' reactions to Trump's reelection as US president will likely be less enthusiastic.<div type="image" title="Saudi Arabia's King Salman, second on the left, and Donald Trump, second on the right, participate in a sword dance in Riyadh." height="717" width="1024" msid="115265072" hostid="261" sizebytes="62242"></div>"Gulf Arab states have concerns about Trump being unpredictable and the risks of having him back in the White House," Giorgio Cafiero, CEO of consultancy Gulf State Analytics, told Business Insider.Of particular concern, said Cafiero, is the fear that Trump could inflame the Middle East <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/middle-east-spiraling-year-after-hamas-october-7-israel-iran-2024-10">at a time when it is on the brink </a>of all-out regional war.<h2 id="6a9133ec-4750-4651-ae73-3a8a615836c6">The Middle East on the brink</h2>The threat of an all-out regional war in the Middle East was triggered by <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-military-superiority-lacks-strategic-vision-iran-lebanon-gaza-war-2024-10">Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel</a> on October 7, 2023.In response, Israel has sought to destroy Hamas and its ally, the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. It's launched attacks on Gaza and Lebanon that have devastated the Iran-backed groups and resulted in tens of thousands of civilian casualties.The war could escalate into a direct conflict between Israel and Iran, with Iran launching missile attacks on Israel twice this year, and Israel responding with strikes on targets in the Islamic Republic.President Joe Biden provided military backing to Israel after October 7 and tried to persuade its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to scale back Israel's response.Trump, during his term in office, backed controversial Israeli policies such as West Bank settlements and had a warm relationship with Netanyahu.Some in the region are concerned he'd offer Israel even stronger support for its wars than Biden, said Cafiero."His first administration had a highly Israel-centered foreign policy in the region and there are many open questions about how he'll approach the wars in Gaza and Lebanon after his second term begins in January 2025," he added.<h2 id="b7a3a45f-2097-4821-9973-4e038b84885b">MBS is likely wary</h2>Saudi's ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed, is increasingly wary that the war between Israel and Iran's<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/attacks-iran-militia-allies-the-biden-administration-in-a-bind-2024-1"> network of regional militias</a> could escalate further, pulling in the kingdom and other Gulf states.The region is a patchwork of allegiances, with the Gulf states and Israel broadly aligned with the US while Iran is aligned with Vladimir Putin's Russia.In September,<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-strike-saudi-oil-sites-in-revenge-for-israeli-attack-2024-10"> Iran, through backchannels, </a>warned Saudi leaders that the kingdom's energy sector would be targeted if it allowed Israel to use Saudi airspace for attacks on Iranian oil or nuclear sites."How Trump will go about addressing such disagreements is unclear, but his unpredictable nature must be causing some policymakers in the GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] to have some concerns about what it will be like working with his second administration," said Cafiero.Mahjoob Zweiri, a fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, said that world leaders have to realize that Trump is not the same man he was during his first presidency."His time in power has changed him, and his approach has evolved," he <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://mecouncil.org/blog_posts/trumps-return-and-implications-for-the-middle-east/">said</a>. "Another significant point is his naturally rebellious political stance, which challenges the conventional norms of both domestic and foreign policy."In other words, he has a strong, personal perspective on events, and he imposes it."<div type="image" title="An Israeli bomb detonates on a hillside in southern Lebanon" height="683" width="1024" msid="115265076" hostid="261" sizebytes="58518"></div><h2 id="dd4d5b1f-edb9-41c9-bed3-5509e44ade38">A fragile peace</h2>Amid growing tensions, Crown Prince Mohammed has been trying to maintain Saudi Arabia's fragile truce with Iran.In 2023, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-middle-finger-to-biden-iran-peace-deal-brokered-by-china-2023-3">China brokered a resumption in diplomatic</a> relations between the longtime regional foes that have held despite the new wave of conflict sweeping the region.The Saudi ruler on Monday hosted Muslim leaders in Riyadh, where, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-riyadh-summit-saudi-crown-prince-backs-iran-accuses-israel-of-genocide/">according to reports, </a>he described Israel's attacks on Palestinian civilians as a "genocide" and condemned its attacks on Iran.Both Trump and Biden had sought to broker a deal to normalize ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel, but the future of the deal appears at best uncertain amid regional hostility to Israel's campaign.Analysts say Crown Prince Mohammed believes that tamping down regional conflict is crucial for achieving his <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-vision-2030-projects-trillion-value-neom-2024-9">grand ambitions of transforming</a> Saudi Arabia's economy as part of his Vision 2030 Project.He's also concerned about potential Iranian ballistic missile attacks, and domestic anger at Israel in Saudi Arabia, executive vice president of the Washington, DC-based Quincy Institute Trita Parsi <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/12/middleeast/saudi-mbs-accuses-israel-genocide-gaza-intl/index.html">told CNN.</a>"Now that there is much uncertainty in the region with direct Iran-Israel confrontations moving toward a point of becoming increasingly normalized, and the Trump 2.0 factor, Riyadh and Tehran have been signaling to each other that they remain committed to the Beijing-brokered diplomatic deal," said Cafiero.If the Iran-Israel confrontation intensifies and the US gets pulled in, it's unclear if Trump would respect Saudi Arabia's wish to remain on the sidelines."If Trump puts you in a situation where you have to decide [which side to take] because he's going against Iran, it's a big problem," a senior Arab diplomat told <a target="_blank" href="https://archive.is/GpzGl#selection-2385.0-2385.224">The Financial Times this week.</a> "Trump is not the kind of guy who takes 'no' for an answer."

Saudi Arabia's ruler used to be one of Trump's biggest fans. This time it's complicated.

<ul><li>Pallonji was once believed to be India’s richest Parsi and probably one of the richest Irishmen too. </li><li>He was nicknamed The Phantom of <keyword id="275791" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="bombay-house" source="Orion">Bombay House</keyword> as he wielded a lot of power at the <keyword id="6355725" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tata-group" source="Orion">Tata Group</keyword>’s headquarters at one point in time. </li><li>When Pallonji’s father Shapoorji was bankrolling Mughal-E-Azam, the younger Mistry was nervous about the ballooning budget, and advised his father against it.</li></ul>Very little is known about <keyword id="6689214" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="pallonji-mistry" source="Orion">Pallonji Mistry</keyword> who was the chairman emeritus of the <keyword id="261354" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="shapoorji-pallonji-group" source="Orion">Shapoorji Pallonji group</keyword> – but has been crowned one of the Moghuls of real estate. And why not? The unlisted company had built every iconic building of South Mumbai – be it the Taj Colaba or the Oberoi Hotel. Abroad, the company built the places of Oman’s king and the President of Ghana. In fact, their ability to build seems to be how they ended up as one of the biggest shareholders of the Tata Group. They had started accumulating shares during Pallonji Mistry’s father’s time when Shapoorji Pallonjigroup was building factories for Tata Steel and Tata Motors – and were paid for, in shares. The <keyword id="14307253" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="richest-irishman" source="Orion">richest Irishman</keyword>, the richest Parsi These shares in the rapidly expanding group are what made Pallonji a billionaire who is now worth around $28.9 billion according to<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/pallonji-mistry/#xj4y7vzkg"> the Bloomberg Billionaires index</a>, which makes him the 41st richest Indian. Most of his wealth comes from their 18.4% stake in Tata Sons – which they have decided to offload following a feud. While his own construction company has interests in India and the Middle East, he also owns the consumer goods company, Eureka Forbes — a name that most of India’s households heard when water purifiers became a thing. At one point in time, however, Pallonji was believed to be India’s richest Parsi and also counted among the richest Irishmen too. Pallonji had given up his Indian citizenship in 2003 as he was married to an Irish woman, Patsy Perin Dubash. He however continued to reside at his sea-facing bungalow in the uptown Walkeshwar area of Mumbai. The Phantom of Bombay House The reticent billionaire was also nicknamed The Phantom of Bombay House due to the power he had wielded over the Tata Group’s headquarters at one point in time – though he was not ever present. However, all his friends – be it Adi Godrej, the chairman of the Godrej Group, Deepak Parekh, the chairman of HDFC and others know him as a warm and caring person and a good host. But only a select few people have the privilege of knowing him. Coomi Kapoor’s book ‘<a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/how-shapoorji-pallonji-jr-built-his-construction-empire-and-why-khojeste-mistree-is-a-religious-pop-star-among-the-parsis-7431872/">The Tatas, Freddie Mercury &amp; Other Bawas</a>' however has an interesting tidbit about him. When Pallonji’s father Shapoorji was bankrolling India’s biggest movie production, Mughal-E-Azam, the younger Mistry was nervous about the ballooning budget of the movie and the fact that it was being reshot. He tried to talk his father out of the ‘dead investments’, but the senior did not listen. However, the movie crashed all box office records of time – paying off his father’s penchant for perfection. Pallonji’s son Cyrus Mistry seems to have taken a leaf from it. After he became the chairman of the Tata Group – a similar discord over funding expensive businesses is what led to the famous Cyrus Mistry-Ratan Tata feud – which became one of India’s long-drawn corporate battles — leading to their decision to sell off their interest in Tata Sons, that’s been held for decades. With Pallonji’s death,<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/personalities/news/cyrus-mistrys-father-pallonji-mistry-passes-away-at-93/articleshow/92509875.cms"> the phantom of Bombay House ha</a>s now literally exited the building and the business. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/personalities/news/cyrus-mistrys-father-pallonji-mistry-passes-away-at-93/articleshow/92509875.cms" style="">Cyrus Mistry's father, Pallonji Mistry passes away at 93</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/four-of-every-10-fiis-are-from-the-us-most-others-are-from-tax-havens/slidelist/92510427.cms" style="">Four of every 10 FIIs are from the US; most others are from tax havens</a>

Pallonji Mistry, the elusive but powerful phantom of Bombay House

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Biden is visiting <keyword id="11894587" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="saudi-arabia" source="Orion">Saudi Arabia</keyword> next month amid rising concerns over gas prices.</li><li>Foreign policy experts say this effectively means <keyword id="12353362" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mbs" source="Orion">MBS</keyword> got away with Khashoggi's murder.</li></ul>President <keyword id="99719" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="joe-biden" source="Orion">Joe Biden</keyword> entered the White House vowing to recalibrate US relations with Saudi Arabia after years of President Donald Trump shielding Riyadh and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from punishment over the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist <keyword id="12189716" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jamal-khashoggi" source="Orion">Jamal Khashoggi</keyword>. Biden said Saudi Arabia would be made a "pariah" on the global stage and pledged to pursue a foreign policy centered on human rights — including by ending US support for the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemen conflict. But with gas prices rising amid the war in <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> and midterms on the horizon, Biden is set to visit Saudi Arabia in mid-July to discuss the escalating oil crisis, among other issues. Following reports on the visit, the White House on Tuesday <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-confirms-trip-to-saudi-arabia-despite-pledging-to-make-it-a-pariah-2022-6">officially confirmed the trip was happening</a> and said that Biden was expected to "see the crown prince" while in Saudi Arabia. With the US and its European allies embargoing Russian oil over the war, the Biden administration is looking to Saudi Arabia to help blunt the impact of the sanctions on global markets.The visit is a sign that Biden has been forced into a corner and feels he has to prioritize business over ethics, foreign policy experts told Insider. By visiting the oil-rich country, the experts said Biden is effectively declaring that maintaining friendly relations with Prince Mohammed — the de facto ruler of the kingdom who is often referred to as MBS — is more important than punishing him for Khashoggi's murder and other human rights abuses. "A presidential trip to Saudi Arabia right now is going to be confirmation, validation not just that it's business as usual but that MBS got away with murder," Aaron David Miller, a former US diplomat who advised multiple secretaries of state on the Middle East, told Insider.Last year, the Biden administration released a declassified intelligence report that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-report-on-khashoggi-killing-directly-implicates-saudi-arabia-mbs-2021-2">directly implicated MBS in Khashoggi's murder.</a> Sanctions were slapped on a number of Saudis in concert with the release of the report, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-wont-punish-mbs-sanctions-khashoggi-murder-sends-mixed-signals-2021-3">but MBS was not among them.</a>Biden has framed the war in Ukraine as part of a global battle between democracy and autocracy. Along these lines, Miller said he'd ask the president, as he fervently defends democracy in Ukraine, why is it a "good idea to meet with a man who's among the most repressive authoritarian leaders" in the region. "I don't think there's any way to change that optic," Miller said, adding that Biden is sending a "pretty powerful signal that it's OK now to do business with MBS." But Biden also seems "genuinely torn about this," Miller said, noting his desire to prioritize upholding democracy and human rights in his foreign policy. "Biden was being very aspirational," Miller said.Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, told Insider that it's fair to say MBS is "getting away with murder." But he added it's not just the murder of Khashoggi, but the "murder of plenty of Yemeni children." MBS is the architect of the Yemen war, which has seen over 10,200 children killed or injured since Saudi Arabia first intervened in 2015, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/12/47-children-killed-maimed-in-yemen-in-two-months-says-unicef">according to the UN.</a>Hatice Cengiz, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/khashoggi-fiance-rips-into-biden-over-expected-meeting-with-mbs-2022-6">Khashoggi's fiancée,</a> in a recent statement to CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/10/politics/us-saudi-relationship-reset-jamal-khashoggi/index.html">said</a>, "President Biden's decision to meet MBS is horribly upsetting to me and supporters of freedom and justice everywhere." <h2>'Serious mistake'</h2><div type="image" title="Putin and MBS" height="1364" width="1819" msid="92005308" hostid="261"></div>Dalia Dassa Kaye, a senior fellow at UCLA Burkle Center on <keyword id="6356001" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="international" source="Orion">International</keyword> Relations, told Insider that Biden visiting Saudi Arabia is a "serious mistake, and not just because of human rights concerns.""It's just not clear what the return will be on any conceivable interest, whether oil, normalization with Israel, or great power competition with China and <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>. And what's unfortunate is there are alternatives to advancing these issues and maintaining a working relationship with Saudi Arabia without a presidential visit to Riyadh. This is a bad deal for Biden — he's risking his reputation and compromising on principles for modest returns," Kaye said. But Hussein Ibish, a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, DC, told Insider that a presidential visit to Saudi Arabia is not particularly "unexpected" under the present circumstances. The bottom line is that Biden is not doing anything that any responsible US president wouldn't do, Ibish said. "Statecraft often involves making difficult choices."Ibish also underscored that it's not only the economic consequences of the Ukraine war that the administration has to take into consideration. The ongoing, indirect talks in Vienna aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran are stalemated, and if the pact can't be revived, the US has to consider other ways "to help isolate, contain, and deter an Iranian regime that appears determined to get a nuclear weapon," Ibish said. "The US-Saudi relationship is built on some pretty solid foundations of shared interests," Ibish said. "These are two status quo powers, and Saudi Arabia needs the United States to guarantee its fundamental security, whereas the United States needs a partner in the Gulf region to help secure the energy resources of our major trading partners and the global economy."<h2>'It is a failure, but it is a failure by choice'</h2><div type="image" title="biden" height="4466" width="5955" msid="92005310" hostid="261"></div>In recent remarks at <a href="https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-the-foreign-affairs-magazine-centennial-celebration/">an event</a> marking the 100th anniversary of Foreign Affairs magazine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the Biden administration's approach to relations with Riyadh. He said the administration had largely succeeded in both recalibrating and "preserving" ties with the kingdom, describing Saudi Arabia as a "critical partner" in confronting extremism in the region and in "dealing with the challenges posed by Iran."Blinken added that energy was a "critical piece to this, too," emphasizing that the administration wants "to make sure that there is sufficient supplies of energy on world markets at a time that this is being increasingly challenged."But Parsi said that the Biden administration could've avoided this situation if the president had returned to the Iran nuclear deal via an executive order during his first days in office. Parsi said that Saudi Arabia's influence over global oil prices has been "enhanced by the fact that the Iranian oil has been off the market." After former President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in May 2018, he <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/22/trump-expected-to-end-iran-oil-waivers-try-to-drive-exports-to-zero.html">reinstated sanctions on Iranian oil</a>. Restoring the deal could see the US lift such sanctions."It is a failure, but it is a failure by choice," Parsi said of Biden's approach to Saudi Arabia, adding, "It is not a failure because his efforts were due to fail. He gave up and that's why it failed. And he made bad decisions along the way."Biden "could have stood firm," Parsi said. "Instead, a year and a half into his presidency, he's essentially caving to MBS."

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A new poll suggests Americans are growing weary as the US supports Ukraine in its war against Russia.</li><li>The poll found that a majority of Americans want the US to pursue diplomatic negotiations to end the war ASAP.</li></ul>A <a href="https://www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/2022/9/dfp_quincy_institute_ukraine_toplines.pdf">new poll</a> suggests that many Americans are growing weary as the US government continues its support of Ukraine in its war with Russia and want to see diplomatic efforts to end the war if aid is to continue. According to a poll conducted by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and Data for Progress, 57% of likely voters strongly or somewhat support the US pursuing diplomatic negotiations as soon as possible to end the war in Ukraine, even if it requires Ukraine making compromises with Russia. Just 32% of respondents were strongly or somewhat opposed to this.And nearly half of the respondents (47%) said they only support the continuation of US military aid to Ukraine if the US is involved in ongoing diplomacy to end the war, while 41% said they support the continuation of US military aid to Ukraine whether the US is involved in ongoing diplomacy or not.The Biden administration and Congress need to do more diplomatically to help end the war, according to 49% of likely voters, while 37% said they have done enough in this regard, the poll showed."Americans recognize what many in Washington don't: Russia's war in Ukraine is more likely to end at the negotiating table than on the battlefield. And there is a brewing skepticism of Washington's approach to this war, which has been heavy on tough talk and military aid, but light on diplomatic strategy and engagement," said Trita Parsi, executive vice president at the Quincy Institute. "'As long as it takes' isn't a strategy, it's a recipe for years of disastrous and destructive war — conflict that will likely bring us no closer to the goal of securing a prosperous, independent Ukraine. US leaders need to show their work: explain to the American people how you plan to use your considerable diplomatic leverage to bring this war to an end," Parsi added.The poll found close to half of likely US voters (48%) somewhat or strongly oppose the US providing aid to Ukraine at current levels if long-term global economic hardship, including in the US, occurs. Meanwhile, the poll showed that only four-in-10 Americans somewhat or strongly support the US providing aid to Ukraine at current levels if this occurs. The poll also found 58% of Americans somewhat somewhat or strongly oppose the US providing aid to Ukraine at current levels if there are higher gas prices and a higher cost of goods in the US, while just 33% somewhat or strongly support continuing aid if this occurs. A majority of poll respondents (57%) also said that they think the Russia-Ukraine war will end with a negotiated peace settlement between the two countries, while 61% said they believe the war has impacted them financially on some level.President Joe Biden has warned that US sanctions on Russia could hurt the US economy, but he has maintained that supporting and defending Ukraine is worth the cost. He's framed the war as a battle between democracy and autocracy."Every day, Ukrainians pay with their lives, and they fight along — and the atrocities that the Russians are engaging in are just beyond the pale. And the cost of the fight is not cheap, but caving to aggression is even more costly," Biden said in May. "That's why we're staying in this."The US has provided over $15 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia launched its unprovoked war in late February. The Ukrainian armed forces have received numerous weapons packages from the US and other partner nations, packages that have included anti-tank missiles, air-defense systems, and long-range rocket artillery that have allowed Ukrainian troops to not only halt Russian advances but even drive Russian forces back.While Western support has aided Ukraine's war efforts, recent data indicates there are growing concerns about what further support without diplomacy and a continuation of this brutal conflict could mean not just for Russia and Ukraine, but for other countries as well."Policymakers are far too sanguine about the risks posed by an indefinite continuation of this war, even minimizing the dangers posed by Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats," said Marcus Stanley, advocacy director at the Quincy Institute."Americans largely agree that efforts to strengthen Ukraine's hand on the battlefield need to be accompanied by efforts to secure lasting peace at the negotiating table. However, as Congress approaches another vote to approve military aid to Ukraine this week, there's no sign Washington is exploring opportunities to seek a settlement that preserves and protects Ukraine's independence."

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Doctors and nurses are posting on TikTok as a creative outlet for their stressful jobs.</li><li>Experts say it humanizes the profession, building a deeper connection between patients and physicians.</li></ul>The doctor is in and they're posting about it on TikTok. While you might not expect your primary care physician to moonlight as a content creator, many of them already are and have the hefty follower counts to prove it. A community of medical professionals is thriving on the social platform – one scroll through the #DoctorTok or #NurseTok hashtags and you can follow a "day in the life" of an anesthesiologist, giggle at a funny pediatric office visit, or have a derm teach you something new about your skin.More and more, healthcare workers are turning to content creation as a creative outlet for an otherwise grueling job. As an added benefit, this new level of transparency is making them more relatable to their patients. But can getting too personal compromise these client privileges — and our perception of physicians and nurses?<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@nurse.alexrn?lang=en">Alex Kim</a> is a nurse who began sharing content on TikTok in January 2022 after seeing the platform's educational opportunities: "People don't really know what the hospital's like if they've never been there. I work behind the scenes, so I thought, 'I can show that.'" He posted a couple of videos to start, and one of them, "<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRgaJndx/">Day in a Life of a Pediatric Nurse</a>," ended up tallying over a million views. The positive response encouraged him to keep going. He shared additional glimpses into his work day, advice for aspiring nurses, and, inspired by popular comedian <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@drglaucomflecken?lang=en">Dr. Glaucomflecken</a>, funny skits from the patient's perspective. "Making these videos has really helped over the last couple of years," said Kim. "I feel like we all needed a little laughter to get through it." Having over 148,000 followers can make some days at work feel a little more special than others. "I've met nursing students at the hospital who tell me that my videos got them through final exams," said Kim. He himself has been motivated by other creators, so he finds a particular joy in being able to return the favor. "I never thought I would be in a position where I could actually help people this way. It's an honor." <h2>TikTok gives us the real-life med-drama that only TV shows have satiated before it</h2>For <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tiffanymoonmd?lang=en">Dr. Tiffany Moon</a>, an anesthesiologist with 1.5 million followers who was a cast member on Bravo's "Real Housewives of Dallas," creating content on TikTok is about stepping outside the office. "From the start, I didn't want my content to focus on medicine," she shared. "When I came home from the hospital, the last thing I wanted to talk about was work." Having joined in the early days of the pandemic, TikTok was an escape where she posted dances with her 15-year-old daughter or talked about items in her closet that she loved. However, viewers kept asking about her job. "People would comment 'What does an anesthesiologist do' and 'Can you talk more about work,' so I let my audience tell me what they want," said Moon. People were intrigued by her medical background and, even though she was letting them in on her personal life, they still wanted to learn more about her as a professional. She began incorporating content like <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRbTtxSG/">re-enactments of patient scenarios</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRbT74bE/">recaps of her day</a> into her feed. "There's a certain draw to medical topics, so I get why they're so fascinated by it." Moon and Kim's videos give us a peek into what really happens on the hospital floor — something we rarely get to see. And social media has bulldozed the fourth wall. When a person in scrubs pops up on the For You page, it's like seeing your teacher at the grocery store: surprisingly fascinating. What we're currently experiencing is the collapse between service and social. Because medical professionals are greatly respected — and even put on a pedestal — they become less personable. "When doctors create content on social media, it can remove some of the hierarchical barriers we often see in medicine," said Nanette Elster, an associate professor of bioethics at Loyola University Chicago's medical school. This collapse makes the medical professionals and the work they do more approachable. "By leveling things out a bit, it can be easier for doctors and patients to have a freer discussion."For the medical creator, the content serves as an extension of themselves, allowing the world to view them as a person outside of the operating room. "Social media can help people realize that the physicians caring for them are not just professionals, but also human beings," said Kayhan Parsi, a fellow professor of bioethics and health policy at Loyola University Chicago. Moon agreed, and sees this as a positive shift in the dynamic: "Sharing on social media allows me to become closer to my patients. Instead of just being seen as someone in a lab coat, you're more relatable as a whole." With its high stakes and real-life scenarios, the medical industry has always made for good storytelling. It's why shows like "Grey's Anatomy" and "Chicago Med" have had audiences hooked for years. "Medicine touches everyone's lives at some point, so there's an intrinsic attraction to healthcare media," said Parsi. "So much of healthcare is narrative and those narratives are very powerful." It makes sense that #NurseTok and #DoctorTok videos are as compelling: TikTok has become a new medium med-drama. Because medical professionals carry the burden of other people's lives every day, TikTok becomes their outlet to let off steam. Sometimes it becomes a place for them to vent about the contentions and hardships of their industry. This ranges from bullying among fellow nurses, to testy patients, to feeling burnt out. These are the experiences that clinicians typically keep private, but it can feel particularly freeing to let the world know about them. "There aren't a lot of formal outlets for processing the more difficult parts of the profession," said Elster. "Social media can provide a quick release, and a way to receive support that may not exist in their own settings or institutions." For some, these challenges are the most human part of the job. "Healthcare professionals have seen and been through a lot," said Morgan, who goes by <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@morgansandiego?lang=en">@morgansandiego</a> on TikTok. She first went viral after sharing how she passed the NCLEX, an exam all nursing school graduates must take in order to receive their licenses, in just 75 questions, the least amount possible. "For some of us, dark humor can be essential for getting through the hard parts." It also gains an incredible amount of views."The algorithm feeds off of drama," she continued, which means that leaning into stories that shine a light on the "dark side" can mean more followers, more views, and more visibility for a content creator. <h2>When being too transparent about the job, and all its annoyances, can have serious consequences</h2>But dark humor isn't always well-received. Last month, labor and delivery staff at Emory Hospital in Georgia may have shared too much when they started discussing "icks," or things they find strange or unsavory in their patients, publicly. Their TikTok went viral, but viewers found it insensitive and <a href="https://twitter.com/TerryThierry/status/1602031328773476352?s=20&amp;t=SrJB9gR-RqopgMRH_Z5FsQ">unprofessional to shame someone's personal preferences</a>. After people raised their concerns to the hospital, the nurses were let go from their positions. A <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/nurse-suspended-tiktok-videos-mistreating-203650175.html">nurse in North Carolina faced the same fate last summer</a> when she was suspended for making "comedy skits" on TikTok about over-medicating patients and unplugging ventilators to charge her phone. The viral videos sparked a larger conversation about the ethics of medical social media content. A key concern was whether these videos violated HIPAA, the medical privacy law enacted in 1996 that prohibits healthcare workers from disclosing personal information without a patient's consent. But experts say many of these viral TikToks don't identify anyone directly. Medical professionals are well-educated on HIPAA from the outset, said Morgan, and while there are no specific social media rules, the <a href="https://www.hipaajournal.com/what-is-protected-health-information">Protected Health Information</a> clause prevents an individual's information from being transmitted in any form or medium, including electronic. "Creators share patient case studies all the time, but you'll never hear specifics like what date the patient came in and where they were treated," said Morgan. "You would have a really hard time putting together who that patient was." The line between dark humor and potentially unlawful content certainly exists, but it's not as fine as one would think. While the nurses who were fired did not do anything unlawful, they certainly toed the line of what's moral or decent. A healthcare professional may share a story that makes them relatable, but doing so on a public platform can come with consequences. "Medical institutions want to preserve their reputations in the community," said Parsi. "A hospital is going to be concerned about whether an employee is enhancing or undermining that.""At the end of the day, it goes beyond HIPAA. It has to do with integrity and image," Elster added. There's an appetite for content from medical creators, as it performs extremely well. However, a full-time creator career doesn't appear to be the end goal for these healthcare workers. Moon said she's not interested in going full-time because it would cause the hobby to lose its charm. "Once social media becomes your full-time job, it becomes a point of stress," she said. "For me, that would take the fun out of it." Kim was a former film major so social media helps to fill a void, but it could never replace his true passion. "TikTok gave me my creative outlet back but I've never considered quitting my job for it. I love what I do – I'll always be a nurse," he said.Caring for patients remains a priority for these creators, but so does self-fulfillment. Sharing their lives with the public can be dicey. But in order to be seen as a multi-faceted person outside of their jobs, it's a risk medical creators are willing to take.

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