Uber think-tanker suggests Iran doesn’t fear American retaliation for its alleged assassination plot because it thinks its nuclear program will deter us.
Iran Alleged Assassination Plot: Emboldened by Nuke Program?
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Saudi Arabia
Saudis to U.S.: You’re Sleeping on the Couch Tonight
However turbulent, the marriage between the United States and Saudi Arabia is nott headed for a divorce.
Saudis: “We’re Killing Too Many Civilians in Yemen? Then Give Us Drones”
The Islamist specter in Yemen is driving cooperation between the U.S. and the Saudi government with its questionable human rights record.
Saudi Women Get Behind the Wheel
Women in Saudi Arabia have long withstood extraordinary oppression – including male guardianship laws, prohibition of driving, and the lack of educational, economic, and political access – which they are working to dismantle. Earlier this year, social networking platforms served as a launch pad for the Saudi Women Revolution, which laid out a number of requests for increased freedom and rights – the right to drive among them.
Tracking the Saudi Arms Deal
On May 19, President Barack Obama said that “extraordinary change” is sweeping the Middle East. But the president’s silence about signs of counter-revolution in the Middle East is deeply disturbing. This silence comes not just from the White House but also from the Republican and Democratic leaderships in Congress, and the mass media. There is a particularly deafening silence about the arms deal negotiated with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last year.
WikiLeaks: Saudi-Financed Madrassas More Widespread in Pakistan Than Thought
Some feel that if the United States continues to provide financial aid to Islamabad, it will be recognized as acceptance of flourishing Islamist extremism in Pakistan.
WikiLeaks: Mauritanian Child Brides Embody the Dark Side of Globalization
Young Mauritanian girls married off to wealthy Saudis are used briefly as sex slaves and then discarded.
Time to Sever the Saudi Ties That Bind
It would be nice to see America expand its cache of good will cache to enhance our diplomatic — as opposed to military — capital.
The UN and Saudi Women
As revolutions and reforms sweep the Arab world, Saudi women continue to push for their rights. Inspired by their sisters in Egypt and Tunisia, a national women’s movement called Saudi Women Revolution has coalesced with clear and wide-ranging demands. Chief among them is the ability to participate in the political process, including voting and running for election.
Sexual Prey in the Saudi Jungle
He was an officer in the Saudi Royal Navy assigned to the strategic Saudi base of Jubail in the Persian Gulf, and he wanted to hire a maid. She was a single mom from Mindanao in the Philippines who saw, like so many others, employment in Saudi Arabia as a route out of poverty. When he picked her up at the Dammam International Airport last June, little did she know she was entering not a brighter chapter of her life but a chamber of horrors from which she would be liberated only after six long months.