Biden’s America and MBS’s Saudi Arabia: Is Diplomacy Possible?
Joe Biden’s July visit to Saudi Arabia is a stark reminder that while diplomacy is a give and take, memories in the Middle East run painfully deep.
Joe Biden’s July visit to Saudi Arabia is a stark reminder that while diplomacy is a give and take, memories in the Middle East run painfully deep.
In Saudi Arabia, social and economic change is a delicate balancing act.
Mohammed bin Salman is unlikely to take responsibility for his actions. Instead, he will play for time and hope that Trump or one of his lackeys returns in 2025.
The Saudi crown prince seeks redemption in a risky version of hyperreality as he moves ahead with his city of the future.
The Biden administration has released an earlier US intelligence report on the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi that concluded that Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing.
The Biden administration’s position on the accountability of Mohammed bin Salman reveals what’s wrong with the world today.
The release of activist Loujain al-Hathloul is Mohammed bin Salman’s valentine message to Joe Biden.
How can anyone continue to believe that the Saudi crown prince may serve as a role model?
The shadow of murdered Jamal Khashoggi has caused a slight but equally sinister change in Saudi repression.
On the day Europe celebrates the armistice ending World War I, the question of how and when brutally destructive political acts can be forgiven or forgotten still haunts us.
One year after his grisly execution by a hit squad, the memory of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and his aspirations for the people of Saudi Arabia haunt the world’s collective conscience.
CBS makes a show of challenging Mohammed bin Salman on the question of responsibility but ultimately demonstrates that both are happy to avoid serious probing.
The fact that politics across the globe is now dominated by politicians expertly performing the art of denial should be seen as a sign of the degree of radical distrust most nations have reached.
