The conflict with Iran is the latest in a decadeslong series of regime change operations, long-term entanglements, and all-out wars that always seem to invite more problems.
The president’s speech in Saudi Arabia promised a new course for U.S. policy in the Middle East. Can he deliver?
Protectionism in Egypt and Iraq fueled corruption, stagnation, and smuggling—not prosperity.
Instead of fixing its car, the team keeps shifting blame from driver to driver.
The president says he wants peace in the Middle East. But his plans are all over the place.
The Republican senator wants to bring Biden and Trump together to commit American lives to Saudi Arabia in order to "change the region and change the world."
Inhumane labor practices, worker deaths, and the forced eviction and repression of local residents have characterized the kingdom's efforts to build a miles-long linear skyscraper in the desert.
The co-founder of Ideas Beyond Borders argues that there is "no better independence than economic independence."
The Republican senator said it would “take a Democratic president” to commit American troops to defend the Saudi kingdom, according to a new book.
Israel is getting U.S. troops and Saudi Arabia is getting billions of dollars' worth of American weapons.
The president is reversing a ban on selling offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia and advancing taxpayer-funded military aid to Israel.
The creator of Masameer County was charged with promoting homosexuality and terrorism for his South Park-style satirical cartoon.
The close Trump ally tried to argue that more aggressive U.S. policy in the Middle East would help the U.S. get out of the Middle East.
The White House announced a “near final” defense pact with Saudi Arabia yesterday, just as new evidence about Saudi links to 9/11 is emerging.
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No place is truly safe for dissidents when governments see no limits to their authority.
Planners and politicians from Saudi Arabia to Scotland want to transform interconnected cities into isolated "urban villages" no one ever needs to leave.
Saudi Arabia snubs Biden by advocating OPEC cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day.
It's the economics of energy production that make petrostates more trigger-happy, Emma Ashford argues in Oil, the State, and War.
The Biden administration is reportedly considering a security agreement that would further intertwine the U.S. with an authoritarian, untrustworthy regime.
U.S. officials want to reset relations with Saudi Arabia and Israel amid rising gas prices and new security challenges
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It signals that many in Congress still condemn America's role in the war and actions from the president that lack proper authorization.
The idea is exactly as dumb as it sounds.
Under Obama, Trump, and now Biden, U.S. arms deals with Saudi Arabia have perpetuated a humanitarian crisis.
The new documentary traces the evolution of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's attitude toward the Saudi regime.
What should come next for the U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship
Oscar-winning filmmaker Bryan Fogel fought Saudi censorship to make his new documentary, The Dissident.
U.S. and Canada are supposed to agree to cut 5 million barrels
If Trump wants credit for ending wars in the Middle East, he'll have to actually reduce the number of Americans deployed there.
Gabbard has previously called the Trump administration "Saudi Arabia's bitch."
Open warfare between Iran and Saudi Arabia would be far worse than this weekend's attacks.
The bill now goes to President Trump's desk.
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Amash had an interesting reason for not voting "yes."
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"It could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event-maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" Trump said earlier.
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