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Tag: Saudi Arabia

The Saudi purge shaking the Middle East

The seeming power grab consolidates all the major security forces and the military in the hands of the current King Salman and his son, the 32 year old Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman.

Middle East – How America shot itself in the foot

The U.S. needs to learn the art of diplomacy instead of spending a lot of time constantly demonizing and threatening other countries.

University of New Haven and Saudi police: Big money makes strange...

How can an American university aid in shaping the instruction of security officers within the oppressive Saudi regime?

Saudi women may soon be behind the wheel, but still not...

Though a hard-won victory for Saudi women, we should recognize that the biggest impediment for women has not been the inability to drive.

Intro to Islam, Salafism and jihadism

Can we turn the clock back and make the Muslim world great again?

The enemy of my enemy is my…?

The Saudi-American-Iranian-Russian-Qatari-Syrian conundrum.

Oil is a worthless commodity and Saudi’s Crown Prince knows it

Muhammad bin Salman is in a hurry to find something else for his kingdom to do for a living.

Destabilizing the Middle East (yet more)

The Saudi Regime is playing Donald Trump with potentially disastrous consequences.

America will regret helping Saudi Arabia bomb Yemen

Selling weapons to Saudi Arabia has consequences. The intense anti-U.S. sentiment in Yemen should be a wake-up call for Americans.

The Qatar crack-up

Those who called the President’s stop in Riyadh a success may have been premature in their assessment.

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