Don’t know much about Middle Eastern history
The appalling ignorance of Hamas supporters
House of Saud
The New Saudi State Sets Off Into Uncharted Geopolitical Waters
Far from being uncooperative, Saudi Arabia under MBS is playing precisely the regional role that Obama and Biden have long demanded—only more so
Op-eds
Bibi Wins!
Israel’s political iron man inherits a hatful of tsuris
Op-eds
The Israeli Moment
If anyone is going to derail the Islamic Republic’s regional ambitions, Israel is really the only local counterweight that counts.
Op-eds
What Saudi Arabia Is Thinking
There’s talk of the new American administration moving closer to Iran. Could a Saudi step toward peace with Israel protect Riyadh from the troubles that might ensue?
Op-eds
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi praises the Islamic State’s global operations
Undeterred by the loss of his territorial caliphate in Iraq and Syria, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi preaches patience in a newly released audio message. Baghdadi’s message was released online yesterday via various...
Op-eds
Standing With Saudi Arabia
How President Donald Trump has been forthright about the actual drivers of American policy in the Middle East
Op-eds
Evolving Menace
Iran’s Use of Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare
Monographs
Some ‘Modernizer’
Is Saudi Arabia’s crown prince joining a long line of absolutist rulers in the Middle East?
Op-eds
Profiles of Iranian Repression
Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic
Monographs
Trump Needs to Start Worrying About Saudi Arabia’s Reform Efforts
The United States has a profound interest in helping Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman avoid his own worst impulses.
Op-eds
The U.S. Should Sanction Iran’s Minister of Intelligence and Security
On January 1, 24-year-old Saru Ghahremani attended one of Iran’s nationwide protests and vanished. Eleven days later, agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)&nbs...
Op-eds
Trump Is Right to Target Saudi-Russian Collusion
For those who want to see what a real case of Russian collusion looks like, check out what has been happening in global oil markets for the past year and a half. In late 2016, Russia and Saudi Ar...
Op-eds
Saudi Arabia: Friend or Foe? Answer: Both
An American media spotlight on Saudi Arabia re-appeared with the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Did the kingdom play a nefarious role in that terrible day? If so, should 9/11...
Op-eds
Hamza bin Laden calls for regime change in Saudi Arabia
Hamza bin Laden, Osama’s heir, calls on Muslims to overthrow the Saudi monarchy in a newly released audio message. The junior bin Laden’s speech was disseminated by As Sahab, al Qaeda...
Op-eds
Saudi Arabia Strikes Back
For those concerned about the fallout from President Barack Obama and his administration’s nuclear deal with Iran — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actio...
Op-eds
Analysis: Attacks show radicals retain foothold in Saudi Arabia
A wave of suicide attacks Monday in Saudi Arabia, especially one near the burial site of the prophet Mohammed, shows that radicals are increasingly challenging the Al Saud royal family and its ro...
Op-eds
The Mr. Rogers Doctrine
Barack Obama last week visited Saudi Arabia, an unusual nation with which the United States has had a relationship that can be accurately characterized as both strategic and strange — and o...
Op-eds
The Sunni-Shi’ite Proxy War Heats Up
Beneath the recent ferment of a highly volatile Middle East lies the region’s deepest geopolitical fault line: the decades-long rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia. This modern-day contes...
Op-eds
Islamic State Militants Target Saudi Arabia
Iran isn’t alone in issuing dire threats against Saudi Arabia — the Islamic State has ratcheted up a propaganda campaign against the Gulf kingdom’s ruling family, denouncing the...