Commentary / World Mar 25, 2021
Biden’s U.S.-Saudi re-calibration
by Bernard Haykel
Biden, like every other U.S. president since Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s, realizes that Saudi Arabia is vital to maintaining American strategic interests.
World Mar 2, 2021
U.S. presses Saudis over Khashoggi killing amid calls to punish prince
President Joe Biden has sought to "recalibrate" the decades-old alliance and has also said the U.S. will end support for offensive operations in the Saudi war in Yemen.
World / Politics | FOCUS Feb 28, 2021
Murder in the consulate: Pressure grows on Saudi crown prince
Saudi Arabia's crown prince, accused in a U.S. intelligence report of approving an operation to capture or kill a prominent journalist, crushed dissent and sidelined rivals in a push for power that has delighted admirers, unsettled Riyadh's traditional foreign allies and shocked human rights ...
World / Politics | FOCUS Feb 28, 2021
Jamal Khashoggi, whose gruesome 2018 murder was "approved" by Saudi Arabia's crown prince, according to a U.S. intelligence report, was a prominent journalist and critic of the ultraconservative kingdom's government. The 59-year-old Washington Post contributor went into self-imposed exile in the United States in 2017 ...
World / Politics | ANALYSIS Feb 28, 2021
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may have been spared direct punishment after a U.S. intelligence report implicated him in the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but he has not emerged unscathed. The declassified report, based on CIA intelligence, concludes that the prince approved ...
World Feb 27, 2021
U.S. says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi murder but spares him sanctions
Washington for the first time publicly accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of approving the gruesome murder, unveiling a raft of punitive measures.
World Feb 26, 2021
Biden and Saudi King Salman talk by phone ahead of Khashoggi report
The Saudi journalist and U.S. resident was lured to the Saudi mission in Istanbul in 2018 then killed and dismembered by agents linked to the Saudi crown prince.
World / Politics Feb 18, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden intends to "recalibrate” Washington's relationship with Saudi Arabia and will emphasize outreach to King Salman, in a move that signals a downgrade in ties with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the country’s de facto ruler. It is the latest sign Biden’s ...
Business Feb 16, 2021
Saudi Arabia pushes companies to move headquarters to kingdom
The bold ultimatum could intensify competition for business and foreign capital between the kingdom and other Gulf states.
World Dec 29, 2020
Saudi women’s rights activist convicted, but she may be freed
by Vivian Nereim
A partially suspended sentence is likely to be viewed as a nod — but not a complete capitulation — to foreign pressure ahead of the transition to a Biden administration.
World Nov 1, 2020
Saudi Arabia has stepped up arrests under a loosely worded cybercrime law, which campaigners say criminalizes online criticism of the government.
World Sep 8, 2020
Saudi Arabia jails eight over Jamal Khashoggi murder as fiancee decries trial
The trial was criticized by a U.N. official and human rights campaigners who said the masterminds of the murder remained free.