Saudi Arabia
Teaching Intolerance
You should see what even first graders have to read in Saudi Arabia.
BY EMAN AL NAFJAN | MAY/JUNE 2012
Dirty Laundry
If the West really wants to prevent developing countries from laundering money, it can start by cleaning up its own act.
BY PETER REUTER | APRIL 19, 2012
How to Lower the Price of Oil
The road to cheaper gas at the pump runs through Riyadh.
BY BERNARD HAYKEL, GIACOMO LUCIANI, ECKART WOERTZ | APRIL 18, 2012
The Man Who Would Be King
Saudi Arabia's ruling clique is dying off. It may be up to the new defense minister to guide the kingdom through a turbulent Middle East.
BY SIMON HENDERSON | APRIL 10, 2012
Why Washington Is the Syrian Opposition's Next Battlefront
Syria’s opposition faces an uphill battle in its efforts to win backing from U.S. policymakers.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Embarrassment of Riches
Natural resources would seem to promise easy money. Welcome to the dark side.
BY PETER PASSELL | FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Kill Shot
Banish any thought of Obama going soft on foreign policy. His third State of the Union address was wrapped in the flag of martial victory.
BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JANUARY 25, 2012
The LWOT: U.S. citizen charged with terrorism offense in Florida
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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 10, 2012
The Prince of Twitter
Saudi royal AlWaleed bin Talal just bought $300 million worth of everyone's favorite microblogging site. Here's why that might be a good thing.
BY FAISAL J. ABBAS | DECEMBER 28, 2011
Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!
What should America do about the Arab Spring? Not much.
BY F. GREGORY GAUSE III | DECEMBER 21, 2011
How Do You Prove Someone's a Witch in Saudi Arabia?
Call the religious police's Anti-Witchcraft Unit and get them to set up a sting operation.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | DECEMBER 13, 2011
What Do Saudi Women Want?
It's not as simple as driving, voting, and property.
BY EMAN AL NAFJAN | NOVEMBER 28, 2011
The Iranian Connection
What's the link between the plot to bomb the Saudi ambassador and the Gilad Shalit release deal? Iran's looking weak -- and that's scary.
BY MARTIN INDYK | OCTOBER 12, 2011
Uncle Sam and the Saudi Split
Why is the House of Saud risking its hard-won relationship with Washington over the Palestine statehood issue?
BY DAVID OTTAWAY | SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
The LWOT: NYPD worked with CIA on surveillance - Report
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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND AND ANDREW LEBOVICH | AUGUST 26, 2011
The Kingdom of Magical Thinking
Widely assumed to be a fabulously wealthy welfare state, Saudi Arabia is in fact an economic basket case waiting to happen.
BY ROBIN M. MILLS | AUGUST 25, 2011
The LWOT: White House releases counter-extremism strategy
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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND AND ANDREW LEBOVICH | AUGUST 5, 2011
How Saudi Arabia and Qatar Became Friends Again
And why their rapprochement could mean an early end for the Arab Spring.
BY SULTAN SOOUD AL QASSEMI | JULY 21, 2011
Idle Kingdom
Saudi Arabia’s youth unemployment woes go far deeper than most realize.
BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER | JULY 19, 2011
Trouble Down South
For Saudi Arabia, Yemen's implosion is a nightmare.
BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER | JULY 5, 2011
Lift One from the Gipper
Tim Pawlenty has the Reaganite foreign policy talking points down, but do they add up to anything?
BY JAMES TRAUB | JULY 1, 2011
In Saudi Arabia, an Undercover Revolution
The freedom to buy lingerie from other women may not sound like much. But activists say it's a start.
BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER | JUNE 27, 2011
The World's Most Dangerous Borders
Thirteen places you don't want to be stuck at.
BY PHILIP WALKER | JUNE 24, 2011
A Five-Star Retirement Home for Dictators
Welcome to sunny Saudi Arabia, land of fallen tyrants.
BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER | JUNE 23, 2011
The LWOT: Ayman al-Zawahiri appointed al-Qaeda leader
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JUNE 17, 2011
Wheels of Change
How one Saudi woman defied the authorities and took to the street -- by driving her Hummer.
BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER | JUNE 17, 2011
The Cynical Dairy Farmer's Guide to the New Middle East
How a couple of cows explain a changing region: equal opportunity offender edition.
BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | JUNE 15, 2011
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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