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Is This The End Of MBS (And Saudi Arabia)?

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reign over Saudi Arabia was initially pitched to the world as a masterclass in modernizing statecraft and sovereign pragmatism
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Trump Igniting Nuclear Arms Race In The Middle East

For more than two decades, the policy of the United States toward the Middle East, regardless of the party holding power in Washington, rested on the proposition that certain nuclear technologies are too dangerous to spread in an undemocratic region where regimes are overthrown and strategic realities change overnight
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Erdogan's Sunni Noose: Turkey's Bid To Encircle Israel

While much of the world's attention remains fixed on Iran and its Shi'ite axis, another geopolitical realignment is taking shape — more quietly, more pragmatically, and potentially just as consequential for the US, Israel and the Middle East
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Riyadh’s New Power Game With The US And China

Saudi Arabia is pushing hard for a new stake in the future of digital and artificial intelligence (AI) driven opening, in the quest to transition from fossil fuel led industry to join the bandwagon of digital revolution
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Saudi Arabia Designated Major Non-NATO Ally Of US, Gets F-35 Warplanes Deal

President Donald Trump has designated Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally of the United States during a visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington, DC, where the two leaders reached agreements covering arms sales, civil nuclear cooperation, artificial intelligence and critical minerals
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Saudi Arabia Has Most To Lose If US Strikes Go Sideways

WASHINGTON, US: Since November, the Houthis in Yemen have launched scores of missile and drone attacks on vessels in the Gulf of Aden and the southern Red Sea in reaction to the U.S.-backed Israeli war on Gaza. Ansarallah, the dominant Houthi militia, also hijacked the Japanese-operated and partly Israeli-owned Galaxy Leader on November 19.
 
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Forget 'Peace,' Did Abraham Accords Set Stage For Israel-Gaza Cnflict?

 
WASHINGTON, US: It’s easy to forget now, but the shocking and horrific violence that set off the current hostilities in the Middle East, where Hamas militants slaughtered and kidnapped innocent Israeli civilians, was predicted. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Donald Trump warned in October 2020 that terrorist violence was set to be imminently inflamed.
 
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How The US Can Build On More Normal Iran-Saudi Ties

WASHINGTON, U.S.-Iran and Saudi Arabia concluded a deal Friday to restore normal diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies within two months. The agreement came at the end of a week of Chinese-brokered negotiations in Beijing, which brought an end to the rift between the two governments that has existed ever since Saudi Arabia broke off relations in 2016.

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Delayed War Powers Vote Risks Further Suffering In Yemen


WASHINGTON, U.S.--On Tuesday evening, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) withdrew his war powers resolution to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition’s brutal war in Yemen in return for a promise from the Biden administration to work with him on ending U.S. involvement in the conflict.

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The U.S., China, And Great Power Competition In The Middle East

WASHINGTON, U.S.--It’s official. The Biden administration agrees with the Trump administration that almost everything that happens in world affairs can be explained by two interlocking zero-sum contests. One is geopolitical, as in ‘great power rivalry.’  The other is ideological, as in ‘democracy vs. authoritarianism.’

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The U.S. Must Listen To Its Middle East Allies On Iran


WASHINGTON, U.S.--The Middle East catapulted back into the center of American politics this week with two startling events that put the United States into a place reminiscent of 1979, when the country was rocked by oil shocks and Iran’s street uprisings. 

 
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Defense Reform May Be The Key To US-Saudi Relations

SINGAPORE CITY, Singapore--Saudi Arabia’s little touted effort to overhaul its defense and national security architecture may be the United States’ best bet to rebuild relations with the kingdom in ways that imbue values and complicate the establishment of similar defense ties with China or Russia.

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These Countries Are Willing To Risk US Ire Over Russia-Ukraine

WASHINGTON, U.S.--Americans are fervently cheering for Ukraine in a war that many believe is a decisive struggle for human freedom. The intensity of our infatuation makes it easy to assume that everyone in the world shares it. They don’t.

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Is Saudi Buying Its Way Out Of Justice For Khashoggi Murder?

WASHINGTON, U.S.--President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has decided to sacrifice Turkish efforts to seek justice for the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, apparently in hopes of attracting Saudi financial support and investment for Turkey’s inflation-ravaged economy.

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