Saudi Policy Shift: A Rare Trump Foreign Policy Success

Saudi Policy Shift: A Rare Trump Foreign Policy Success

By the law of unintended consequences, US President Donald J. Trump’s mix of uncritical and cynical embrace of Saudi Arabia and transactional approach towards relations with the kingdom may be producing results. Saudi Arabia appears to be backing away from its largely disastrous assertive and robust go-it alone foreign and defense policy posture and reverting…

Even If He Becomes King, Mohammed bin Salman will Likely be the Last

Even If He Becomes King, Mohammed bin Salman will Likely be the Last

Surrounded by unyielding enemies of its own making, and cheered on by opportunist allies determined to suck its blood to the last drop, Saudi Arabia seems to have landed itself in an unprecedented predicament.  There has probably been no other day on which its enormous wealth seemed so utterly useless. Now, US President Donald Trump, publicly…

Will France, UK, US Ever Pay for What They Have Done to Yemen?

Will France, UK, US Ever Pay for What They Have Done to Yemen?

A recent UN Human Rights Council report has exposed the US, UK, and France’s role in the destruction of Yemen, prompting conversations about the accountability of those responsible for the carnage. Renowned activist, press freedom advocate, and Nobel Laureate Tawakul Karman once told the Yemen Times that “a day will come when all human rights…