Saudi Arabia moves against Qatar. The Newest Crisis in the Middle East, Explained Mark Leon Goldberg June 8, 2017 Saudi Arabia and its close allies in the region moved against Qatar, cutting off sea and air travel and moving to isolate their fellow sunni Gulf country. Enter: the next big crisis in the Middle East. Like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, ...
Trump’s First Foreign Trip Will Take Him to Saudi Arabia, Israel and Europe. Here’s What You Need to Know Mark Leon Goldberg May 18, 2017 As I'm typing, the White House is busy doing damage control over news that Donald Trump revealed sensitive information to the Russians when he met wth the Russian ambassador and foreign minister the day after he fired the FBI director. BUT AT THE SAME TIME...
These Videos about “Male Guardianship” in Saudi Arabia Have Gone Viral Georgina Rannard July 28, 2016 A female doctor is barred from a medical conference. An abused wife is forced to return to her violent home. A prisoner is kept behind bars beyond the expiry of her sentence. Who is controlling these women? Their sons, fathers and husbands. In Saudi Arabia,...
How One Senator is Trying to Change America’s Alliance with Saudi Arabia Mark Leon Goldberg May 18, 2016 Chris Murphy. Credit: CFR Senator Chris Murphy wants to change a bedrock relationship in US foreign policy. In April this year he introduced legislation to restrict arms sales to Saudi Arabia over that country's conduct in the war in Yemen. The Saud...
One Way to Stop the Unrelenting Deaths of Civilians in Yemen? An Arms Embargo on Saudi Arabia Sam Fouad March 23, 2016 The conflict in Yemen may not routinely make headlines around the globe. But it is grueling on, and increasingly becoming an ugly conflict in which the basic laws of war are routinely ignored. The worst offender is Saudi Arabia, which is leading a multi-nation...
Episode 95: Daniel Byman Explains the USA-Saudi Relationship. (And Much More!) Mark Leon Goldberg January 19, 2016 Dan Byman was fresh out of school when he took a job as an analyst for the CIA. Byman was a generalist, and they put him on a backwater Persian gulf desk in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Then Saddam invaded Kuwait and the US led a massive military operat...
ISIS is Another Example of Saudi Arabia’s Myopic Foreign Policy Homa Hassan July 7, 2014 Another example of blowback
Saudi Arabia’s Big Security Council Blunder Mark Leon Goldberg October 18, 2013 Why Saudi Arabia's rejection of a UN Security Council seat was a mistake
Baby Steps: Saudi Arabia Finally Lets Female Athletes Compete At Olympics Alexandra Duszak June 25, 2012 The Saudi Government will finally let women compete at the Olympics. But don't expect female athletes to turn out in droves in London this summer.
