The Debt Ceiling Deal Highlights America's Warped Priorities
By failing to invest in its own people, the United States shows the world the shakiness of the foundations of its power.
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.
Peace negotiations are picking up pace to end the deadly conflict.
Middle Eastern leaders are promoting interfaith initiatives to disguise harsh policies at home and abroad.
The agreement is about far more than just normalizing ties with Riyadh.
Riyadh is shifting to non-alignment—and fighting to dominate oil markets again.
If Biden is genuinely committed to human rights, he won’t stand in the way of a bipartisan Senate resolution.
Saudi Arabia wants a formal alliance in exchange for normalizing ties with Israel, but the focus of any deal must be U.S. national interests, not an ally’s.
Beijing will have a tough time balancing ties with Riyadh and Tehran.
And why there’s less to Beijing’s diplomatic breakthrough than meets the eye.
Anyone who believes we’re on the cusp of a golden era between Tehran and Riyadh should lie down until the feeling passes.
The peace plan is a big deal—and it’s no accident that China brokered it.
But Joe Biden shouldn’t play along.
Riyadh seeks to leverage ongoing anti-government protests to extract geopolitical concessions from Tehran—not effect regime change.
FP convenes a discussion with four top global executives at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
The kingdom’s transformation has huge implications for the United States and Middle East.
Migrant workers make up nearly 20 percent of all domestic workers. And in Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, the number is much higher.
For Saudis like me, nothing could be more disheartening than a divorce from the United States.