Saudi Arabia is a Human Rights Nightmare
When President Barack Obama touches down in Saudi Arabia this week, he will be stepping into a human rights nightmare. Freedom House considers Saudi Arabia one of the world’s worst countrie...
Saudis
Textbook Diplomacy
FDD Press
Monographs
The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence
Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you to discuss the state of al-Qaeda, its affiliates, and associated groups. My test...
Legislative Testimonies
The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence
Download the full testimony (PDF). Chairman McKeon...
Legislative Testimonies
Saudi Arabia in Syria: Naughty, Not Nice
Saudi Arabia, over the last year, has gone from being a relatively constructive actor in Syria to fueling a jihadist nightmare in the Levant. Information is just now starting to emerge, but repor...
Policy Briefs
Saudi Clerics Endorse Jihadists in Syria
A group of 72 preachers and religious scholars from Saudi Arabia published a petition yesterday endorsing the Islamic Front in Syria. The Islam...
Policy Briefs
After Geneva
To be fair, the document signed in Geneva is not meant to neutralize the threat posed by those who rule Iran. It is meant o...
Op-eds
Saudi Arabia, Qatar May Be Playing Dangerous Game Over Syria Rebels
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been working overtime arming rebel groups in Syria. But events of the last month suggest these American allies have been throwing their lots in with radical, har...
Op-eds
Saudi Arabia Turns Down UN Security Council Seat
Saudi Arabia made the surprising choice on Friday to give up its first ever sea...
Policy Briefs
Saudi Strategy in Syria
Saud al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, issued a direct order earlier this month: “...
Policy Briefs
ISAF Kills 2 ‘Arab’-Linked Commanders in Nuristan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed two "Arab"-linked insurgent commanders, a wanted Saudi and an Afghan, during two separate raids in the Waygal district of Nuristan province over the past week....
Op-eds
Saudis Hiring Top Names in American Research
Two wealthy new Saudi research institutions focused on the kingdom's energy future are on a hiring spree in the United States, luring away the president of Cal Tech and signing up advisors t...
Op-eds
Whose Side is America On?
In President Barack Obama’s inaugural...
Op-eds
The Great Salafi Gamble
In serving their patrons in Saudi Arabia, ultraconservative religious Salafis are stirring violent protests and flexing political muscle in North Africa and fledgling Arab democracies. But the in...
Op-eds
Sinister Trend in Publishing
Saudi Arabia, China, and Iran ban books. Why are they being honored on the European book-fair circuit?
Op-eds
Black Gold And Black Veils
Women aren't allowed to drive, even to save their lives. Political parties are banned. Free speech doesn't exist.
Op-eds
Disturbing Western Tepidness on Saudi Homophobia
When Saudi Arabia informed the international body responsible for approving Internet domain name suffixes that it opposed the creation of a .gay category, the kingdom’s pervasive controls o...
Op-eds
Why Is the West Ignoring Saudis’ Persecution of Christians?
Saudi Arabia’s deportation of 35 Christian Ethiopian workers last week for holding a private prayer in advance...
Op-eds
Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Surrenders to Saudis
A former Guantanamo detainee who joined al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) after completing a rehabilitation program in Saudi Arabia has reportedly turned himself in. The Saudi Interior Min...
Op-eds
Oh, Brother
Why Egypt's new Islamist president is keeping the Saudis up at night.