Saudi Arabia

Both sides know their ongoing talks could improve the Middle East—and consolidate Iranian gains across the region. 

Ahmed Rabbani’s journey through the U.S. dark prison system to Guantánamo.

The ongoing detention of the children of a key U.S. counterterrorism partner is just the latest irritant in U.S.-Saudi relations.

After years of closely cooperating on everything from Iran to oil, the Arab Gulf is entering a moment of wariness.

The Western rush to replace oil has Gulf producers laughing all the way to the bank.

The Houthis have defeated Saudi Arabia—and peace won’t come by dictating terms to the victors.

The Belarus hijacking is part of a broader trend. From Russia to Rwanda, governments are going after dissidents far beyond their borders.

Mohammed bin Salman’s much-touted domestic reform agenda won’t succeed until it ensures Shiite religious freedom.

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia’s relationship is walking a fine line.

… But don’t tell him that.

To help weather the coming energy transition, Gulf countries are plowing money in renewable development abroad.

Secret meetings have been going on at least since January, catalyzed by the specter of U.S. withdrawal from the region.

Unless it changes tack, the administration is about to make bad situations even worse.

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.