Intel community sounds alarm about UAE’s US meddling
A new report suggests the Gulf State’s influence over American politics has now risen to the level of a national security challenge.
A new report suggests the Gulf State’s influence over American politics has now risen to the level of a national security challenge.
There is no legitimate case for Washington making new security commitments and assuming additional costs on behalf of Saudi Arabia and Israel.
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.
This kind of agreement would likely require formal consult with Congress, which apparently has not been in the loop.
The Middle East Institute has recently been calling for a greater US role in Middle East security without mentioning its key benefactors.
It’s time for rightsizing and realignment. Washington can continue to cooperate, but only if it’s in our national interests.
Putin and his cronies still find financial safe haven in the Emirates, which was recently added to a money laundering ‘gray list.’
It’s often overlooked that sending weapons to rogue nations like Saudi Arabia and the UAE undermines US security interests.
The UAE’s slickly managed reputation has lately taken hits for well-publicized offenses including human rights abuses and spying.
The cable news giant is an ‘official broadcaster’ of an upcoming UAE state-run, six-month ‘expo’ that is seemingly meant to burnish its global image.
The Emiratis continue their illicit campaigns undermining American democracy without consequence.
While it’s still unclear how Saudi Arabia and the UAE will respond, Qatar may take on a mediator role.
Major Emirati-funded DC policy organizations have said remarkably little about the country’s illicit influence.
Thomas Barrack’s links to the GOP go well beyond Donald Trump.
Israel has improved its relationship with the UAE, but what about other Gulf countries?
Despite recent conciliatory rhetoric, the roots of their antagonism will be difficult to untangle.
Moscow’s ability to build relationships with US regional allies is raising flags with the Biden administration.
Because the Houthis are currently on the offensive, it will be difficult for the U.S. leadership to incentivize them to lay down their arms.
Airwars releases massive report today charting nine months of bombing by Gaddafi forces, the US-led coalition and rebels
Riyadh has delayed and prevented food, medicine, and fuel from getting into the war-torn country since 2015.
US arms sales that prop up the war in Yemen are just the tip of the iceberg.