Posted in Daniel Byman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen on Nov 14th, 2009 No Comments »
From Daniel Byman
Saudi Arabia is once again sailing in dangerous waters as it increases its military involvement in Yemen. The recent New York Times article on the subject is welcome, because the growing violence in Yemen is perhaps the most neglected news story in the Middle East.
Yemen is racked by no less than three distinct [...]
Posted in Gal Luft, Islam in West, Saudi Arabia on Nov 10th, 2009 No Comments »
From Gal Luft
The tragic killing of the 13 U.S. soldiers in Fort Hood by Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is one is a string of events involving Muslim soldiers and veterans who have gone astray, raising delicate questions about the role and trustworthiness of the 3,000 Muslim soldiers in the U.S. military. The major incidents [...]
Posted in Gal Luft, Michael Mandelbaum, Oil and Gas, Philip Carl Salzman, Robert O. Freedman, Saudi Arabia, Technology on Sep 1st, 2009 6 Comments »
From Gal Luft
Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, former ambassador to the United States, has a suggestion for America: drop this nonsense called energy independence. In a strongly-worded essay in Foreign Policy magazine, which coincides with the 150th anniversary of Edwin Drake’s discovery of oil in the United States, Turki lambastes American politicians for invoking energy independence, [...]
Posted in Bernard Haykel, Egypt, Michael Doran, Palestinians, Saudi Arabia on Aug 24th, 2009 1 Comment »
From Michael Doran
Until the end of July, the Obama administration had been signaling that the mid-August visit of the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, would be the occasion for the roll-out of a major U.S. initiative for brokering a comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. In the weeks immediately preceding the visit, the White House scaled [...]
Posted in Diplomacy, Israel, Michael Doran, Palestinians, Saudi Arabia on Jul 16th, 2009 Comments Off
From Michael Doran
American presidents have been trying to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict since the days of Truman. Sooner or later, every one of them has learned a harsh lesson about the limits of American influence. There is no reason to believe that President Obama’s experience will be any different. In fact, his opening gambit [...]
Posted in Arab Gulf, Egypt, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Palestinians, Robert O. Freedman, Saudi Arabia, Syria on Jan 2nd, 2009 Comments Off
From Robert O. Freedman
The Israeli-Hamas ceasefire, signed on June 9, 2008, had long been a porous one. While Hamas, for the most part, until November 2008 did not fire its own rockets at Israel, it permitted other groups, such as the Iranian-supported Islamic Jihad, to do so. These limited rocket attacks, while clear violations of [...]
Posted in Bernard Haykel, Oil and Gas, Saudi Arabia on Oct 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
From Bernard Haykel
The Saudis have been remarkably tight-lipped about the U.S. presidential election and about whom they favor among the candidates. Their reticence can be explained, in part, by their bewilderment at the choice.
They don’t know what to think of the real possibility that a young and charismatic black candidate might win. Senator Obama represents [...]
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