Saudis

September 23, 2024 | Edmund Fitton-Brown |

The Houthis have challenged the Rules-Based International System and must be defeated

In my first analysis and opinion piece on the so-called Axis of Resistance, I set the scene by describing Iran’s 45-year trajectory from the Khomeini revolution to its current challenge to...

June 1, 2023 | Jacob Nagel |

Saudi normalization should not come at the expense of Israel’s top priority: Preventing a bad Iran deal

Israeli officials should insist on having the US trigger the snapback mechanism in the JCPOA to its fullest extent. This will make it possible to move forward with a Saudi-American-Israeli deal that also addresses Riyadh's nuclear demands. It will also open the door to joint Israeli-American action against the Iranian program.

May 12, 2023 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

A new foundation for the US-Saudi partnership

Once a bastion of Western influence in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia may be shifting its allegiance toward the East. Tired of Washington’s wavering support, the Saudis are warming to China....

January 25, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Matthew Zweig

Yemen’s Houthis Belong on the Terror List

The Biden administration removed them in an effort to appease Iran.

February 17, 2021 | Varsha Koduvayur |

Riyadh Seeks Biden’s Forgiveness

Saudi Arabia has freed activists and announced reforms, but must do more to win the new team’s favor.

October 29, 2020 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Saudi Evolution

Fouad Ajami had an odd fondness for Saudi Arabia. He was an Americanized, secular Shiite with European sensibilities who, truth be told, had pretty much burned out on the ugliness of the modern Arab world. He...

June 8, 2020 | John Hannah, Varsha Koduvayur

Pensacola shooter’s al Qaeda link underscores need to hold Saudis to account

Five months after a Saudi military trainee killed three U.S. service members at a naval air station in Pensacola, Fla., the Department of Justice announced on May 18 that the gunman was no lone wolf...

February 2, 2020 | Tony Badran |

Rock, Paper, Scissors in the Middle East

Trump’s is the latest play in a decadeslong game of trying to counter previous ‘peace process’ moves by each new American administration

June 26, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Leader of ISIS in Yemen captured in joint counterterrorism raid

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November 2, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Some ‘Modernizer’

Is Saudi Arabia’s crown prince joining a long line of absolutist rulers in the Middle East?

October 25, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

The Khashoggi Murder and Erdogan’s Naked Truth

Erdogan is a pragmatist, and will likely be looking to maximize both diplomatic and monetary rewards for the evidence he possesses, real or presumed.

October 24, 2018 | Clifford D. May

Killing Khashoggi

It must bring consequences – not including a break in U.S.-Saudi relations

September 28, 2018 | John Hannah |

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.

June 20, 2018 | Clifford D. May |

Trump’s bunker buster video blockbuster

Decade after decade, one U.S. president after another, Democrat and Republican alike, knew that the tyrants who rule North Korea were slowly but surely developing the means to incinerate American...

March 15, 2018 | John Hannah

Saudi Arabia Can Win Islam’s War of Ideas

When U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House later this month, there will be no shortage of urgent issues to discuss — from the crown...

July 19, 2017 |

Saudi Arabia’s Troubling Educational Curriculum

Download the full testimony here....

June 27, 2017 | John Hannah

It’s Time for the Trump Administration to Step Up in the Qatar Crisis

Late last week, the Gulf crisis took a new turn when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Bahrain at long last presented the regime in Qatar with a ...

May 19, 2017 |

Trump Travels to Saudi Arabia to Tackle Extremism

President Donald Trump departs today on his first trip abroad since his inauguration. He will spend the weekend in Saudi Arabia, where his conversations with Muslim leaders are expected to focus...

March 1, 2017 | Clifford D. May

The West isn’t worse than the rest

 Intellectuals of the left and those influenced by them judge the United States and certain European nations as uniquely guilty of imperialism, colonialism, racism, sexism, xenophobia, homop...

February 23, 2017 | David Weinberg

Why Isn’t Saudi Arabia On Trump’s List Of Banned Muslim Countries?

Why doesn’t President Trump’s executive order include Saudi Arabia, the country of origin of 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11? And why does the US State...