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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JANUARY 11, 2011

Mossad's Most Dastardly (Alleged) Plots

From Munich to the Mabhouh assassination, the secretive Israeli intelligence agency has pulled off some pretty elaborate operations in its time. But lately, Middle Eastern media outlets and politicians have been getting a bit carried away.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 4, 2011

Frenemies Forever

How Washington stopped worrying and learned to love Saudi Arabia, again.

BY STEVE LEVINE | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

Someday, Their Prince Will Come

Who's next in line to lead the House of Saud? King Abdullah, 87, is unwell, having recently traveled to the United States for medical treatment, and speculation is heating up about his replacement. Unfortunately, none of the potential candidates is getting any younger either.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

The Sunshine Policy

The United States has quietly asked allies like Yemen and Pakistan for some extraordinary favors in its war on terrorism. Is it really so terrible if WikiLeaks forces them to explain those demands?

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 10, 2010

Al Qaeda's M&A Strategy

Is franchising a successful way to build a global terror network?

BY DANIEL BYMAN | DECEMBER 7, 2010

Who's Who in WikiLeaks

The world leaders embarrassed by Cablegate.

BY MAX STRASSER | DECEMBER 2, 2010

10 Conversations That Just Got a Little More Awkward

What WikiLeaks hath wrought.

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | NOVEMBER 30, 2010

How Lebanon Was Lost

A former U.S. ally under Bush's Freedom Agenda, the country is now being neglected in the name of "engagement" with Syria -- and the results could be disastrous.

BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 8, 2010

Reactor Reaction

An Iranian nuclear reactor will start operating in a few days. But Israel probably won't be bombing it.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | AUGUST 18, 2010

Abdullah's No Reformer

Those who predicted the Saudi monarch would bring real change to the kingdom had it wrong. His real goal has been to tighten his family's grip on power.

BY TOBY C. JONES | JUNE 28, 2010

I Don't Want to Hold Your Hand

How Saudi Arabia and the United States have grown apart.

BY SIMON HENDERSON | JUNE 28, 2010

Ramadan

The geopolitics of the world's other biggest holiday.

BY VALI NASR | JULY/AUGUST 2010

Gasbags

Politicians, oilmen, and green-energy boosters love to invoke the idea of energy security. None of them know what they're talking about.

BY MICHAEL LEVI | JUNE 15, 2010

How Iraqi Oil Is Changing the World

OPEC could be in for a serious shake-up.

BY STEPHEN GLAIN | MARCH 17, 2010

Get Yer Anti-Ballistic Missile Shield Here

Where do sheikhs go shopping? Facing the rising threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, they go to weapons shows like the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, where leaders from Cairo to Riyadh are stocking up.

BY DAVID KENNER | MARCH 12, 2010

Saudi Arabia's Silent Spring

Why there’s less to King Abdullah’s Valentine’s Day reform than meets the eye.

BY TOBY JONES | FEBRUARY 20, 2009

An Arab Study of Jews

BY ROBERT SILVERMAN | OCTOBER 15, 2008

The Hypocrisy Audit

Double standards have always been a part of U.S. foreign policy. It's time to figure out how many should no longer be tolerated.

BY MOISÉS NAÍM | AUGUST 13, 2008

Rogue Aid

What's wrong with the foreign aid programs of China, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia? They are enormously generous. And they are toxic.

BY MOISÉS NAÍM | MARCH 1, 2007

The Kingdoms Clock

If Saudi Arabia's new king is to stem the Islamist extremism that continues to inspire violence inside and outside his kingdom, he must quickly push reforms that will outlast his inevitably short reign. It's a race against the clock. At 82 years old, King Abdullah's time is already running out.

BY RACHEL BRONSON, ISOBEL COLEMAN | AUGUST 8, 2006

How to Reform Saudi Arabia Without Handing It to Extremists

To survive, the monarchy must battle the militants, reassure the religious establishment, and give the middle class a taste of democracy.

BY F. GREGORY GAUSE III | SEPTEMBER 1, 2004

Pipe Dreams in Iraq

Why won't the U.S. occupation of Iraq transform global oil markets? Ask Saudi Arabia.

BY VIJAY V. VAITHEESWARAN | SEPTEMBER 1, 2003

The Falseness of Anti-Americanism

Pollsters report rising anti-Americanism worldwide. The United States, they imply, squandered global sympathy after the September 11 terrorist attacks through its arrogant unilateralism. In truth, there was never any sympathy to squander. Anti-Americanism was already entrenched in the world's psyche -- a backlash against a nation that comes bearing modernism to those who want it but who also fear and despise it.

BY FOUAD AJAMI | SEPTEMBER 1, 2003

The Gospel of Jihad

BY HUSAIN HAQQANI | SEPTEMBER 1, 2002

In Al-Saud We Trust

How the regime in Riyadh avoids the mistakes of the shah

BY NAWAF E. OBAID | JANUARY 1, 2002