Saudi-led OPEC+ snubs Biden with oil production cuts
Just two months after the president visited Riyadh and begged for more oil, Saudi Arabia is working to drive up crude prices.
Just two months after the president visited Riyadh and begged for more oil, Saudi Arabia is working to drive up crude prices.
Even with a new JCPOA guiding the way, the effort to bridge all of the conflicting interests and countries would be enormous.
A renewed agreement will ensure stronger ties in some areas, while setting into motion new challenges elsewhere.
A senior congressional staffer quits and goes directly to work for an authoritarian foreign government — it’s legal and happens all the time.
Weeks after the president got assurances that the Saudi crown prince is a “reformer,” a twitter critic gets a 34-year prison sentence.
The path to a long-standing peace runs through a complete end to foreign military involvement.
The FBI says a close aide to MBS recruited social media minions here to access dissidents’ personal info, but so far he goes unpunished.
Washington provides weapons and protection to these monarchies, but honestly, what is it getting in return?
But it was probably very productive (and profitable) for Israel, Arab autocrats, and American arms manufacturers.
Lawmakers want a say in any military alliance that may further entrench the US in the region.
There is no legitimate case for Washington making new security commitments and assuming additional costs on behalf of Saudi Arabia and Israel.
The pieces are aligning ahead of Biden’s trip to the Middle East next week — almost too neatly. But will it create or shatter stability?
It’s not that the military and state department lack the capacity for tracking their weapons, it’s just that such inquiries tend to get in the way.
The winners and losers of this latest round of Middle East poker will depend on how each country plays its cards.
The LIV tournament kicked off last weekend with nothing much good coming out of it other than bigger bank accounts for the players.
Jamal Khashoggi’s murder appears to be fading into rearview as both Riyadh and Ankara turn toward deescalating tensions.
MBS is playing hardball with the United States, and the White House is just letting him win. Why?
Both sides have up held parts of the bargain but the reprieve in violence is fragile. Washington cannot ignore its own role moving forward.
Recent violence in Jerusalem is complicating normalization efforts in the Middle East.
The high level delegation sent to Abu Dhabi in the wake of Sheikh Khalifa’s death shows where the administration’s priorities are.
The Middle East Institute has recently been calling for a greater US role in Middle East security without mentioning its key benefactors.