If Biden can’t stand up to Saudi Arabia, then Congress should, and now
The administration has been sluggish in its pledge to withdraw material support to the Kingdom and help end the blockade in Yemen.
The administration has been sluggish in its pledge to withdraw material support to the Kingdom and help end the blockade in Yemen.
He needs all the friends he can get, with restiveness in the palace and on the Jordanian street, and a greater power struggle in the Middle East.
New report finds that Iran is not ‘on the march,’ but among multiple powers, some US-backed, destabilizing the region.
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.
With Palestinians accounting for more than 40 percent of Jordan’s population, maintaining the status quo in Jerusalem is key to ensuring regime survival.
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.
Scholars weigh in on Eugene Gholz’s new paper, which argues that the countries in the region can keep their own powers and rivalries in check.
Before they were prime minister, two Israelis were leaders of violent political movements that killed innocent people.
A flurry of recent diplomacy suggests efforts underway to mend the rivalries that have fueled Arab wars over the past decade.
Members of Congress are pressing President Biden to put the squeeze on Riyadh, and to use weapons sales as leverage.
As Obama-era policymakers wrestle with their role in the war, they betray a certain naivete about their Saudi partners at the time.
New talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran could advance regional and US interests, if spoilers are put at bay.
We cannot accept at face value that the US and Saudi Arabia are committed to peace when their actions demonstrate the opposite.
The Saudi “Operation Decisive Storm” was anything but, and now the only way they can end this is through diplomacy.
A boon for weapons companies, the sale of F-35s, drones, and bombs is controversial but not enough to keep it from happening.
The US envoy says the situation is ‘complex.’ Meanwhile people are in crisis because food and medicine cannot get through.
The administration is pulling back military assets from the kingdom, suggesting a pivot that could affect the region.
Amid Washington chatter about the future of U.S.-Saudi relations, the kingdom has launched an unprecedented public diplomacy campaign.
Moscow’s ability to build relationships with US regional allies is raising flags with the Biden administration.