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.
February 18, 2021
Thomas W. Lippman
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.
December 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.
August 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.
May 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?
April 22, 2020
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