Saudi Arabia
While Al Qaeda Leader Osama Bin Laden Is Dead, the Ideology He Nurtured and Cultivated Is Alive and Well
Saudi Tolerance, Turkish Arms, Qatari Money, and Washington’s Blind Eye Empower the New Muslim Brotherhood
The U.S. Should Establish a Security Partnership with Tihami Forces and Local Communities Along the Tihama Coast
The Kingdom Can Withstand the Current Pressure Caused by the Iran War, but Only If It Defines Its Priorities
Unlike Its Bigger Neighbors, Bahrain Has Little Strategic Depth to Absorb a Military Shock
Cell Phone Towers and All Major Internet Service Providers in the Country Are Under Houthi Control
A Recurring Funding Request by a Government That Prefers to Run Its Affairs from Exile Deserves Scrutiny, Not Promotion
The Agreement Is Likely to Invite More Islamic Countries and Intensify the Arms Race in the Middle East
Washington Should Force Saudi Arabia to Choose Between Subsidizing a Dictator or Protecting Its Wall Street Investments
Membership in the Alliance Now Would Be Largely Cosmetic, While Affirming Damascus’s Subordination to Other Members
Companies That Finance, Develop, and Operate Major Energy Assets Acquire an Enduring Position in the Sector
Internal Upheavals and Rivalries Have Dismantled Formal Regional Alliances in the Middle East
A Pullback in U.S. Soft Power Coincides with China’s Expanding Influence and Investment in the Region
Jerusalem, and Islamic Claims There, Are Likely to Form the Symbolic Element That Knits the Emergent Group Together
An Increasing Number of Non-NATO Allies Flirt With, If Not Tilt Toward, Beijing
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey Aren’t Going to Go to War for Each Other; They Want to Show the U.S. and Iran They Are Ready to Lead in a Region They See as Destabilized by Jerusalem
The Mecca Pact Is the Third Iteration of a Single Saudi Effort to Assemble a Deterrence Substitute for a Diminished American Security Umbrella
The Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani Pact Will Not Fight. Israel Should Build the Bloc That Will
Differing Interests and Threats May Prevent the Mecca Pact from Becoming an ‘Islamic NATO,’ but India Should Be Concerned