Saudi Arabia

Netanyahu wants a normalization deal with the Saudis, but his hard-right coalition partners will undermine his plans.

The region’s four major countries have all forfeited Washington’s trust.

Riyadh’s forces are killing defenseless Ethiopian migrants at its border, and Washington and its allies don’t seem to care.

The desert kingdom’s rebranding project goes way beyond sportswashing. But it’s all a little too contrived.

Critics say petrodollars are wrecking the beautiful game—in a way that rubles, euros, and baht never quite did.

There’s a dangerous flip side to Saudi Arabia’s potential new diplomatic deal.

But it is a warning shot for the West to end its strategic slumber in the global south.

Benjamin Netanyahu has long warned of the perils of a nuclear Middle East. Now he seems willing to allow Saudi nukes in exchange for normalization.

Ambitious leaders in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are restructuring national identity to solidify their rule.

Mediation offers from China aren’t made in good faith.

Gulf heavyweights view the conflict as an opportunity to cement their hegemonic status in the Middle East.

Rare consensus in Washington is an opportunity the Gulf countries and Israel should not waste.

Heightened great power competition is allowing nations to make deals in their own best interests.

What the latest dealmaking in professional golf reveals about foreign policy.

From Syria to Israel’s borders to the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian de-escalation is nowhere to be found.

These middle powers of the global south should be the focus of U.S. policy.

It would be a dramatic accomplishment, but not nearly as transformational as many may think.

Mohammed bin Salman’s middle finger to Washington is burnishing Riyadh’s image.

Plus: How could this affect the conflicts in Yemen and Syria?

How the reconciliation between Iran and Saudi Arabia could reorder the region.