Middle East How Biden will change business as usual with Saudi Arabia The US will maintain security cooperation with the Gulf kingdom, but the days of preferential treatment are long gone.Thomas W. LippmanFebruary 18, 2021
Washington Politics How small parts of the world suddenly became very important to US security in 2020 Recent events in central Asia and western Africa have had a major impact on world power geopolitics.Thomas W. LippmanDecember 30, 2020
Middle East Saudi Arabia’s push for nuclear power risks further destabilizing the region and beyond The Saudis appear to be abandoning an agreement they made with the Bush administration that they would not pursue enrichment and reprocessing. Thomas W. LippmanAugust 18, 2020
Middle East How Israel’s Likud Party played the long game toward annexation of the West Bank Back in 1977, the Likud Party's platform called for "only Israeli sovereignty" over the land between Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea.Thomas W. LippmanMay 19, 2020
Middle East The future of war in Yemen amid COVID-19 and a failed ceasefire Saudi Arabia recently announced a ceasefire in Yemen, and then immediately violated it. What's next?Thomas W. LippmanApril 22, 2020