Writings by Topic: Saudi Arabia
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Articles by MEF Staff and Fellows
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| Title |
Publication |
Date |
| Is the Saudi Gender Gap Narrowing? |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2021 |
| Saudi Arabia: A Scapegoat for Human-Rights Abusers |
JNS | October 28, 2020 |
| Yes the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Come for the Gulf States Next |
The National Interest | March 19, 2020 |
| Saudi Arabia Moves to Quarantine Qatif Governorate over Coronavirus |
The Jerusalem Post | March 8, 2020 |
| As Trump Gives Up on 'Endless Wars,' Russia, China, and Iran Move In |
The Daily Beast | February 17, 2020 |
| Diplomacy Alone Won't End the Iranian Threat |
National Review | February 12, 2020 |
| Gulf States vs. Iran and Arab League on 'Deal of Century' |
The Jerusalem Post | February 3, 2020 |
| The U.S. Needs Israel-Style Air Defense to Stop Iran |
The Hill | January 30, 2020 |
| Israeli Anti-Drone Technology Could Soon Be Guarding More International Airports |
The National Interest | January 28, 2020 |
| An Opportunity Not to be Missed after Soleimani Assassination |
The Investigative Journal | January 26, 2020 |
| Saudi Critics Should Revisit Sue Myrick's 'Wake Up America Agenda' |
The Hill | January 16, 2020 |
| Did The U.S. Kill An American Citizen After Taking Out ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi? |
The Federalist | December 16, 2019 |
| Khashoggi's Memory Abused to Whitewash Dictatorships |
The Jerusalem Post | October 3, 2019 |
| Iran's Goal: Turn Yemen into Saudi's Vietnam |
The Jerusalem Post | October 2, 2019 |
| Does Israel Have Secret Arab Allies? |
The Jerusalem Post | September 26, 2019 |
| The Attack on Saudi Arabia Is the Crisis Iran Was Waiting For |
The National Review | September 17, 2019 |
| Threat Assessment High: The Attack on Saudi Arabia |
The National Interest | September 16, 2019 |
| U.S. Officials Building a Case against Iran after Massive Attack on Saudi |
The Jerusalem Post | September 16, 2019 |
| Was Iran's Attack on Saudi Meant to Pressure Oil Markets? |
The Jerusalem Post | September 15, 2019 |
| Saudi Arabia and Iran Careen toward Conflict |
The Jerusalem Post | September 15, 2019 |
| Brazen Drone Strikes Lead to Questions about Saudi Air Defense |
The Jerusalem Post | September 15, 2019 |
| Saudi Arabia Is Losing Yemen to Iran |
The Jerusalem Post | September 6, 2019 |
| The Great Saudi-Iranian Proxy Game |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2019 |
| Outrageous Covers at a Saudi Book Fair |
Danielpipes.org | August 12, 2019 |
| US Saudi Arabia Policy Needs a Dose of Realpolitik |
The Hill | July 20, 2019 |
| Iranian-backed Militias in Iraq May Have Used Drones against Saudi |
The Jerusalem Post | June 30, 2019 |
| Is Saudi Visit to Eastern Syria Prelude to Greater U.S., Saudi Role? |
The Jerusalem Post | June 17, 2019 |
| Why Jordan Decided to Attend Bahrain Summit |
The Jerusalem Post | June 12, 2019 |
| Understanding the Saudi-Iran 'Arms Race' |
The Jerusalem Post | June 10, 2019 |
| Handshakes, Jerusalem and Iran: The Politics of the Saudi Summits |
The Jerusalem Post | June 1, 2019 |
| What is Saudi Agenda for 'Emergence Summits' on Iran? |
The Jerusalem Post | May 23, 2019 |
| UAE and Saudi Arabia Go Big on Investment in Post-Bashir Sudan |
The Jerusalem Post | April 22, 2019 |
| The Antisemitic Tweets of Murdered Saudi Writer Jamal Khashoggi |
The Jerusalem Post | April 14, 2019 |
| Cairo and Riyadh, Vying for Leadership |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2019 |
| Mecca and Medina, Sacred Sites or Development Engines? |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2019 |
| U.S. Islamists Cry Martyr |
The American Spectator | February 7, 2019 |
| How Twitter Saved Life of Saudi Rebel Who Rejected Islam |
Toronto Sun | January 8, 2019 |
| Turkey and Qatar: An Alliance Under the Saudi Sword |
Gatestone Institute | October 29, 2018 |
| Leveraging Murder for Political Ambition: The Turkish and Qatari Way |
Jerusalem Post | October 27, 2018 |
| To Atone for Khashoggi's Death, Saudi Arabia Should Stop Persecuting Dissidents |
The Federalist | October 24, 2018 |
| The Whitewashing of Jamal Khashoggi, Friend of Osama Bin Laden |
Jewish News Syndicate | October 23, 2018 |
| CAIR Calls for Inclusion, Except for Critics |
The Algemeiner | October 22, 2018 |
| Reign of Terror in Saudi Arabia |
Toronto Sun | October 16, 2018 |
| Good Riddance to Our Ties with Saudi Arabia |
Toronto Sun | August 7, 2018 |
| Saudi Arabia and Canada: Why Is the Kingdom Losing Support in the West? |
Jerusalem Post | August 6, 2018 |
| Liberalism In The Middle East: An Irreversible Trend |
World Affairs Journal | June 6, 2018 |
| What Will Middle East Studies Do without Alwaleed bin Talal? |
The Jerusalem Post | March 21, 2018 |
| What a Crown Prince Wants |
The New Republic | March 20, 2018 |
| The Saudi Arabia-Middle East Studies Love Affair Is Over |
New English Review | March 19, 2018 |
| Erdogan's Unrequited Arab Love |
Gatestone Institute | March 18, 2018 |
| "Un-Brotherly" Saudi-Emirati Ties |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2018 |
| The U.S. Must Rethink Its Yemen Policy |
The American Spectator | November 24, 2017 |
| For Saudi Arabia, All Politics Is Local |
Stratfor Worldview | November 22, 2017 |
| Tehran Is Winning the War for Control of the Middle East |
Foreign Policy | November 21, 2017 |
| A New York IPO for Saudi Aramco Forces Americans to Collude with a Cartel |
CNBC | November 17, 2017 |
| Is Lebanon's Prime Minister a Saudi Hostage? |
World Affairs Journal | November 13, 2017 |
| Saudi Arabia's Strategic Miscalculation in Yemen |
Stratfor Worldview | November 10, 2017 |
| Saudi-Exported Koran Fuels Islamic Extremism |
Quadrant | November 2, 2017 |
| How a TV Station Put Qatar on the Map |
Stratfor Worldview | October 1, 2017 |
| Keep OPEC out of Wall Street |
IAGS Journal of Energy Security | July 19, 2017 |
| The Peril of Saudi Expansion in the Gulf of Aqaba |
American Thinker | June 26, 2017 |
| A Pro-American Arab Alliance that Fights? |
The Jerusalem Post | June 9, 2017 |
| Trump Told the Truth in Saudi Arabia (If Not the Whole Truth) |
Fox News | May 24, 2017 |
| Trump's Saudi Speech: Pretty Good |
National Review Online | May 21, 2017 |
| Only Washington Can Forge a Moderate Mideast Axis |
The Jerusalem Post | February 4, 2017 |
| Saudi Arabia's Flawed "Vision 2030" |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2017 |
| Trump's Choices in the Middle East |
The Boston Globe | December 8, 2016 |
| Western Leaders: Pressure Saudis to Give Christians Religious Rights |
The Hill | November 1, 2016 |
| Israel and the Alliance of the Imperiled |
The Jewish Advocate | August 26, 2016 |
| No Saudi Money for American Mosques |
The Hill | August 22, 2016 |
| How Muslims Justify Killing Other Muslims in Islam's Name |
PJ Media | August 3, 2016 |
| No Saudi Surprises in 9/11 Commission's '28 Pages' |
The Huffington Post | July 20, 2016 |
| Saudis Announce a Turn Away from Wahhabi Cultural Vandalism |
The Weekly Standard | July 19, 2016 |
| Why Islamists (Occasionally) Desecrate Islamic Holy Sites |
The Toronto Sun | July 5, 2016 |
| Religious Intolerance in the Gulf States |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2016 |
| The Saudi Solution |
The Washington Times | May 18, 2016 |
| Saudi Lies, Harsh Truths about ISIS |
FrontPage Magazine | May 11, 2016 |
| Islamapologists Shouldn't Point Fingers |
The Toronto Sun | May 3, 2016 |
| Gulf Arab States Close Doors to Syrian Refugees |
Breitbart | March 31, 2016 |
| Saudi Arabia and Turkey Are Walking into a Trap |
The Gatestone Institute | February 16, 2016 |
| China's New Grand Strategy for the Middle East |
Foreign Policy | February 5, 2016 |
| Hating Americans Is Official Saudi and Qatari Policy |
The Daily Caller | January 18, 2016 |
| Teheran vs. Riyadh |
The Jerusalem Post | January 8, 2016 |
| Saudi Barbarity, Iranian Hypocrisy |
The Toronto Sun | January 5, 2016 |
| Is the Saudi Monarchy on Its Last Legs? |
Asia Times | January 3, 2016 |
| Is It Iran's Middle East Now? |
Fathom | Autumn 2015 |
| Cheap Oil Puts the House of Saud at Risk |
Asia Times | October 22, 2015 |
| Why Assad, Rouhani, and Erdogan Should Change Careers |
Hürriyet Daily News | October 2, 2015 |
| Saudi Arabia is Not Our Friend |
The Toronto Sun | September 29, 2015 |
| Middle East Provocations and Predictions |
The Mackenzie Institute | September 9, 2015 |
| Who is to Blame for the Drowning of Alan Kurdi? |
The Toronto Sun | September 3, 2015 |
| Saudi Arabia to West: Improve Your Human Rights Record |
FrontPage Magazine | August 18, 2015 |
| Rival Peace Plans Won't Save Syria |
The Jerusalem Post | August 14, 2015 |
| Introduction to "Nothing Abides" |
| July 28, 2015 |
| Sunni Arabs: Iran Deal Opens the 'Gates of Evil' |
The Jerusalem Post | July 18, 2015 |
| Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi: 'I Say What I think' |
The Huffington Post | July 8, 2015 |
| Erdogan's Fake Campaign to Save Morsi |
The Gatestone Institute | June 25, 2015 |
| The Saudis' Strategic Wheat Reserve |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2015 |
| A Turkish-Saudi Military Offensive in Syria? |
The Gatestone Institute | May 10, 2015 |
| Saudi King Salman Shuffles the Deck |
The Weekly Standard | April 30, 2015 |
| A New Chapter in the Sunni-Shiite War |
The Jerusalem Post | April 4, 2015 |
| Backgrounder: Iran Nuclear Negotiations |
| April 3, 2015 |
| Backgrounder: Arab Intervention in Yemen |
| April 3, 2015 |
| Saudi Arabia is Fooling the West in Yemen |
The Toronto Sun | March 31, 2015 |
| The Middle Eastern Metternichs of Riyadh |
Asia Times Online | March 29, 2015 |
| Zakir Naik: A Saudi-backed Radical Islamic Televangelist |
The Huffington Post | March 27, 2015 |
| Obama Administration Missteps Crown Iran as Regional Hegemon |
PJ Media | March 16, 2015 |
| What Obama Can Learn about Radical Islam from New Saudi King |
The Weekly Standard | March 5, 2015 |
| Can Saudi Arabia Feed Its People? |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2015 |
| When Saudi-backed Terrorists Come Home to Roost |
PJ Media | February 16, 2015 |
| Sorting Out the Saudi Succession |
The Weekly Standard | February 3, 2015 |
| The Greatest Threat in Syria Comes from Iran |
Israel Hayom | February 1, 2015 |
| The Real Fight Against ISIS Begins in Saudi Arabia |
The Toronto Sun | January 27, 2015 |
| Ridiculing Islam Starts at Home |
Hürriyet Daily News | January 7, 2015 |
| Saudi Clerics Fight for the Right to Marry Children |
Veritas International Enterprise | December 30, 2014 |
| Teenage Saudi Girl Won't Have to Marry 90-Year-Old |
Breitbart | November 14, 2014 |
| Saudi Shuffle |
The Jerusalem Post | May 22, 2014 |
| Shifting Mideast Sands Reveal New Alliances |
PJ Media | March 14, 2014 |
| Bandar bin Sultan's Botched Syrian Intervention |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2014 |
| Saudis Bristle at Obama's Outreach to Iran |
The Washington Times | December 3, 2013 |
| Fear and loathing in Riyadh |
The Jerusalem Post | November 16, 2013 |
| Questioning Riyadh's Nuclear Rationale |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2013 |
| Will Riyadh Get the Bomb? |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2013 |
| Saudi Hypocrisy At Its Best |
FrontPageMagazine.com | February 8, 2013 |
| Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for "Destruction of All Churches in Region" |
Jihad Watch | March 14, 2012 |
| Riyadh Enters the Yemen-Huthi Fray |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2012 |
| The Coming Collapse of Yemen |
The American Spectator | December 27, 2011 |
| Is Saudi Arabia Opening Up? |
National Review Online | January 4, 2011 |
| Some Common Sense in Egypt and Saudi Arabia |
Jerusalem Post | December 23, 2009 |
| A Saudi View of Orientalism |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2009 |
| A Saudi Prince's Threat to the Obama Administration |
FrontPageMagazine.com | January 26, 2009 |
| Real Talk? |
National Review Online | April 1, 2008 |
| Dissident Watch: Abdul Rahman al-Lahim |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2008 |
| What Influence Does Saudi Money Buy? |
Jewish Exponent | January 17, 2008 |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines Cleans Up Its Act |
FrontPageMagazine.com | August 31, 2007 |
| Uniting to Exclude Saudi Arabian Airlines |
New York Sun | August 21, 2007 |
| Saudi Arabia in Books |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2007 |
| Saudi Arabia Woos China and India |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2006 |
| Al-Qaeda's Saudi Origins |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2006 |
| Does Saudi Arabia Fund Terrorism? |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2006 |
| Has the Saudi Kingdom Reformed? |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2006 |
| Dissident Watch: Sami Angawi |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2006 |
| Arabian Sex Tourism |
FrontPageMagazine.com | October 7, 2005 |
| Saudis Import Slaves to America |
New York Sun | June 16, 2005 |
| Might the Saudis Blow Up Their Oil Infrastructure? |
Huffington Post | May 9, 2005 |
| [The Abu Ali Case and] Balancing Liberties, Security |
New York Sun | March 1, 2005 |
| Who Undercut Ambassador Horan? |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2005 |
| Providing Arms |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2005 |
| [Freedom House report on] Saudi Venom in U.S. Mosques |
New York Sun | February 1, 2005 |
| The Saudis' Covert P.R. Campaign |
New York Sun | August 10, 2004 |
| [Abdurahman Alamoudi:] Qaddafi's American Hit Man? |
FrontPageMagazine.com | June 10, 2004 |
| [Khobar Rampage:] "Don't Be Afraid, We Won't Kill Muslims" |
New York Sun | June 8, 2004 |
| Support the lesser evil [in Saudi Arabia] |
The Australian | May 31, 2004 |
| A Saudi Education, Right Here at Home |
National Review Online | June 19, 2003 |
| Arabia's Civil War |
Wall Street Journal Europe | May 14, 2003 |
| U.S. Department of State: Marriage to Saudis |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2003 |
| The Scandal of U.S.-Saudi Relations |
National Interest | Winter 2002/03 |
| What Riyadh Buys [in Washington] |
New York Post | December 11, 2002 |
| Government for Sale [to the Saudis] |
New York Post | December 3, 2002 |
| [Saudi Arabia:] Not Friend or Foe |
New York Post | May 14, 2002 |
| Make the Saudis Pay for Terror |
New York Post | April 15, 2002 |
| Sue the Saudis |
New York Post | February 18, 2002 |
| How Important is Saudi Oil? |
Middle East Quarterly | March 2000 |
| The Power of Saudi Arabia's Islamic Leaders |
Middle East Quarterly | September 1999 |
| Diplomatic Immunity for Couriers |
Middle East Quarterly | September 1998 |
| Mohammed Al Khilewi: "Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Kill Me" |
Middle East Quarterly | September 1998 |
| Appeasing the Saudis |
Middle East Quarterly | March 1996 |
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Reviews
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| Book Title |
Publication |
Date |
Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads
by David Rundell |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2020 |
Force and Fanaticism: Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia and Beyond
by Simon Ross Valentine |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2016 |
Ibn Saud: The Desert Warrior and His Legacy
by Michael Darlow and Barbara Bray |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2011 |
Contesting the Saudi State: Islamic Voices from a New Generation
by Madawi al-Rasheed |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2009 |
The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda
by Yaroslav Trofimov |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2008 |
The Prince: The Secret Story of the World's Most Intriguing Royal, Prince Bandar bin Sultan
by William Simpson |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2008 |
Iran's Rivalry with Saudi Arabia between the Gulf Wars
by Henner Fürtig |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2007 |
Mirage: Power, Politics, and the Hidden History of Arabian Oil
by Aileen Keating |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2007 |
The Saudi Enigma: A History
by Pascal Menoret |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2006 |
Princes of Darkness: The Saudi Assault on the West
by Laurent Murawiec |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2006 |
The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power
by As'ad AbuKhalil |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2006 |
Cradle of Islam. The Hijaz and the Quest for an Arabian Identity
by Mai Yamani |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2005 |
Wahhabi Islam: From Revival to Global Jihad
by Natana J. Delong-Bas |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2005 |
Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
by Robert Baer |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2004 |
Inside the Mirage: America's Fragile Partnership with Saudi Arabia
by Thomas Lippman |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2004 |
House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
by Craig Unger |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2004 |
Saudi Arabia Enters the Twenty-First Century: The Political, Foreign Policy, Economic, and Energy Dimensions
by Anthony H. Cordesman |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2004 |
The Paradoxical Kingdom: Saudi Arabia and the Momentum of Reform
by Daryl Champion |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2004 |
Arabie Saoudite: La Menace
by Stéphane Marchand |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2004 |
The Rise and Fall of the Hashimite Kingdom of Arabia
by Joshua Teitelbaum |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2002 |
Succession in Saudi Arabia
by Joseph A. Kechichian |
Middle East Quarterly | Winter 2002 |
Islamic Law and Legal System: Studies of Saudi Arabia
by Frank E. Vogel |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2001 |
Holier than Thou: Saudi Arabia's Islamic Opposition
by Joshua Teitelbaum |
Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2001 |
Changed Identities: The Challenge of the New Generation in Saudi Arabia
by Mai Yamani |
Middle East Quarterly | Spring 2001 |
The History of Saudi Arabia
by Alexei Vassiliev |
Middle East Quarterly | March 1999 |
The Remaking of Saudi Arabia: The Struggle between King Sa‘ud and Crown Prince Faysal, 1953-1962
by Sarah Yizraeli |
Middle East Quarterly | September 1998 |
The Ottoman Gulf: The Creation of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar
by Frederick F. Anscombe |
Middle East Quarterly | June 1998 |
Flawed Justice: The Execution of ‘Abd al-Karim Mara‘i al-Naqshabandi
by Clarisa Bencomo |
Middle East Quarterly | June 1998 |
The Price of Wealth: Economics and Institutions in the Middle East
by Kiren Aziz Chaudhry |
Middle East Quarterly | March 1998 |
| Two Kings in Arabia: Sir Reader Bullard's Letters from Jeddah |
Middle East Quarterly | March 1995 |
Mecca: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land
by F. E. Peters |
Middle East Quarterly | March 1995 |
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