As millions in Yemen face severe hunger, the United States continues to provide the Saudi invasion with arms.
U.S. Support for the Saudi Regime is a Humanitarian Disaster
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On Hillary Clinton, Sexism, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Feminists who oppose Hillary Clinton’s imperialism can’t just challenge her foreign policy. We have to challenge the sexist attacks against her, too.
Let’s Talk About Bernie Sanders and the Middle East
On foreign policy, the Vermont independent’s “political revolution” hasn’t done much to distinguish itself from Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
States Such as Saudi Arabia Bear as Much Responsibility for Islamic Extremism as Jihadists
The spread of Salafism, thanks to Saudi Arabia, sows the seeds of sympathy for Islamic extremism.
The U.S. Should Not Accompany Saudi Arabia Over the Cliff
The United States should rethink its ties to a country that engages in mass executions and disastrous military campaigns.
Saudi Arabia v. Iran as Much of a Schism as Arabs v. Israel
Saudi Arabia is acting panicked by Iran’s rise.
Recent Beheadings Show Saudi Arabia Is the One Really Running Around Like a Chicken Without Its Head
One goal of Saudi Arabia’s recent mass executions, including a prominent Shiite cleric, was to goad Iran into over-reacting.
The Geopolitics of Cheap Oil
Economists said the market would save the planet. It didn’t.
Saudi Arabia Executed a Nonviolent Shiite Cleric. It’s Going to Cost Them Big.
By raising sectarian temperatures throughout the Middle East, the Saudis risk escalating the unaffordable proxy wars they’ve already bogged themselves down in.
Saudi Women Voted for the First Time. Is It Real Progress or Window Dressing?
Some 99 percent of eligible Saudi women skipped their first chance to vote — some because gender segregation laws kept them away, others because they boycotted.