It’s time to change the US-Saudi relationship
Two years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, the Quincy Institute takes a broad look at how US policy toward Saudi Arabia needs to change.
Annelle Sheline is a Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Her research focuses on religious authority in the Middle East, specifically the intersection of religious and national identities in the Arab monarchies. She analyzes the implications of combating violent extremism and encouraging religious tolerance in Jordan, Morocco, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. In addition to academic writing, her public commentary has appeared in The Washington Post, The Global Post and Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. Sheline received her doctorate from George Washington University’s department of political science and her bachelor’s degree from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
Two years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, the Quincy Institute takes a broad look at how US policy toward Saudi Arabia needs to change.
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