Saudi Arabia

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.

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.