Saudi Arabia

The 2011 Libyan intervention pitched the region into a decade of chaos and undermined U.S. confidence in the wisdom of using military force to save lives.

David Rundell, a seasoned Saudi hand, talks to Foreign Policy about what’s really at stake with the Biden administration’s reassessment of a decades-old relationship.

The Biden administration wants to downgrade the region. Here are the countries he can ignore—and the ones he can’t.

A long-awaited intelligence report comes as Biden reassesses the United States’ relationship with Saudi Arabia.

How China is outflanking the United States—and staying under the radar.

Exporting advanced weapons systems to the Middle East will create very few jobs at home. Washington must base its decisions on national security strategy rather than domestic politics.

And that should scare everyone.

State-owned oil companies are on the verge of investing $400 billion in projects incompatible with the Paris Agreement. If they fail, it could spark an emerging market debt crisis.

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

After declaring an end to U.S. support for the Saudi-led offensive, there is more the president can do.

Freedom House says transnational repression is on the rise—led by China, Saudi Arabia, and Russia.

And Biden should treat it as exactly that.

British Muslims seek legal protections, Biden unveils his climate agenda, and why Saudi Arabia is getting away with murder.

Investors flocking to Riyadh’s “Davos in the Desert” prove that nobody knows what accountability for Mohammed bin Salman would even mean.

Biden’s pause on arms sales to the Saudis underscores how lobbying will be even more crucial for Riyadh.