Saudi Arabia

Essential reads from a Chinese wind farm in Del Rio, Texas, to U.N. headquarters.

Why Biden could lose the left, the peril of persuasion in the Big Tech age, and old rivals join forces in Kashmir.

As the Trump administration winds down, Riyadh is trying—and failing—to cut its losses on a failed regional policy.

Branding Saudi Arabia a pariah state would be counterproductive to regional stability.

The Saudis need to get on Biden’s good side. Obvious places to start include releasing women’s rights activists.

Saudi Arabia’s recent social reforms are more about earning international attention than improving the lives of its citizens at home.

After 60 years, the organization is struggling to weather the pandemic and peak oil—but there is a way forward.

From concerns about ties to defense contractors to worries about forever wars, at least one of the president-elect’s potential nominees is raising hackles.

One thing is clear: The two leaders are bracing for an ill wind emanating from the new White House.

He was successful because only an iconoclastic president could have rejected false assumptions and failed strategies.

From Cairo to Riyadh, autocrats are nervous about what a Biden administration might mean for their relationship with Washington.

Biden will shift focus in the Middle East, but Israeli-Arab normalization will continue.

Election chaos could be a boon for U.S. adversaries, what Europe’s anti-lockdown protesters really want, and musings on the state of the nation.

Saudi Arabia went all-in for Trump—and might be about to reap the consequences.

Confrontation with Iran almost dragged the United States into war. Détente would benefit all sides.

There is a risk of a nuclear cascade across the region. The United States can stop it by enforcing the gold standard of nonproliferation.

The transition to a zero-carbon world will shift power in very unexpected ways.

Trump is a pariah for top security experts, Biden won’t end U.S. trade wars, and Saudi Arabia’s bid to rejoin the U.N. Human Rights Council.