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We Really Need to Fix the Saudi Problem

OPINION — In the annals of US history in the Middle East, there are few moments ingrained in the psyche of US government officials more important [...] More

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Saudi Arabia’s Persistent Human Rights Violations

Bottom Line Up FrontThe UN recently released a report that squarely places blame for the murder of prominent Saudi dissident and U.S.-based [...] More

Supporting a Deadly Quagmire in Yemen

Bottom Line Up FrontAs U.S-supported Saudi air strikes continue to kill Yemeni civilians, a bill to end that support remains stuck in the Senate.In [...] More

Hackers for Hire

Bottom Line Up FrontThe investigation into the hacking of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ phone demonstrates how private firms have developed [...] More

Setting U.S. Relations with Saudi Arabia on a Correction Course

There was never any question that America’s relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would become one of its most important in the region and [...] More

The Yemen Policy Debate Heats Up

Bottom Line Up FrontThe October killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has shifted U.S. congressional opinion sharply against Saudi Arabia’s [...] More

How the U.S. Helped the Saudis Make the Middle East a 'Dangerous Place'

OPINION — The Middle East, like the rest of the world, is a “very dangerous place!” according to President Trump. The Saudis, with America’s tacit [...] More

The Art of Sidelining Intelligence

Bottom Line Up FrontAt some point today, the U.S. government is expected to release its assessment on the murder of U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi in [...] More

Resetting the Crucial U.S.-Saudi Relationship

President Donald Trump is expected to receive a full report on the killing of Washington Post Journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Tuesday. The President [...] More

General Michael Hayden on Threats Foreign and Domestic - Part One

As a best-selling author and television commentator, General Michael Hayden (ret.) has been vocal about the threats he sees – both foreign and [...] More

MbS: The New Saddam of Arabia?

As Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) has terrorized his opponents at home and abroad, fear has spread within the Saudi kingdom. Has he become the new Saddam [...] More

A King, a President and the Fate of MbS

Saudi Arabia and its crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, (MbS) are confronting a crisis. How they manage to extricate the kingdom will have [...] More

A U.S.-Imposed Punishment for Jamal Khashoggi's Death

OPINION — While President Trump’s claimed $110 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia remains “fake,” and shouldn’t be even considered “news,” there [...] More