Biden blesses MBS immunity for Khashoggi murder
If these are the ‘consequences’ for Saudi Arabia’s OPEC slight, it’s hard to see what an actual punishment might be.
If these are the ‘consequences’ for Saudi Arabia’s OPEC slight, it’s hard to see what an actual punishment might be.
Failure to respond to the Kingdom’s slights would reinforce the perception that Washington is a mere oil dependent, susceptible to demands.
A royal decree just made the Saudi crown prince a formal head of state but Biden would be wrong to fall for it.
Houthi rebels are emerging ‘winners’ — flexing their power and leverage — while the Saudis remain mired in a conflict they can’t get out of.
Weeks after the president got assurances that the Saudi crown prince is a “reformer,” a twitter critic gets a 34-year prison sentence.
The winners and losers of this latest round of Middle East poker will depend on how each country plays its cards.
MBS is playing hardball with the United States, and the White House is just letting him win. Why?
Biden’s top advisor should use the 3rd anniversary of Khashoggi’s murder to say the US is shutting off the spigot.
The Saudi-UAE rivalry and the ambitions of their leaders make it unlikely that the two crown princes will look at structural ways of managing differences.
Their fierce competition for economic power in the region might actually smooth America’s exit from the stage.
Biden should know that Democratic values can’t be advanced by turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to the persecution of peaceful activists.
Revelations that Khashoggi’s killers were trained by a private security contractor in the States have raised some uncomfortable questions.
The Minnesota Democrat doesn’t think there’s been enough done to punish the Saudi Crown Prince for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
Reps. Ilhan Omar and Tom Malinowski each take aim at the crown prince for his connection to the Khashoggi Murder.
The same Kingdom-connected aircraft that ferried the murderers was also spotted recently in the US.
Releasing the explosive Khashoggi report and snubbing the crown prince hint at a break, but mixed messages abound.
But if the factors behind the GCC split aren’t addressed, and there are many, it’s possible all parties will still view each other with suspicion.
Loujain Al-Hathoul is everything the new president should stand for, but is he ready to stand up to MBS?
While the military characterized the move as part of a planned withdrawal that reflects the view that Iran now poses less of a threat, the news has prompted debate over the timing of the decision.