Tag: Saudi Arabia

OPEC appears to be the latest casualty of the Iran war. On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates announced that it was leaving the oil cartel after 60 years. The loss of a critical member is…

Though it’s half a world away, the war in the Mideast — the United States and Israel attacking Iran, Israel attacking Lebanon, and Iran attacking the entire neighborhood — is causing the price of fuel…

President Donald Trump redefined America’s role in the world during last week’s four-day trip to the Middle East. Since World War II, the United States’ foreign policy has been driven by an assumed responsibility to…

Donald Trump’s first two weeks in the Oval Office have featured plenty of jaw-dropping moments. Even so, his proposal of an American “takeover” of Gaza on Feb. 4 was extraordinary.  He combined sinister ideas —…

It may not feel like it, but we’re likely experiencing the largest construction booms in history. According to one estimate, the world will build the equivalent of a New York City every month from 2020…

For decades, the biggest fears about oil centered on its supply. The lesson was first learned half a century ago, when the Arab members of OPEC banned exports to America and other supporters of Israel…

In the months after Hamas committed the worst atrocity against Jews since the Holocaust, conflict has spread across the Middle East. In all, 10 countries are now caught up in fighting. In Gaza Israeli soldiers…

Lately, we seem to be so inseparable that you might as well call us Evertilova. We have not always been so in step with each other; one of us is quiet, the other unquiet.  But…

Lately, we seem to be so inseparable that you might as well call us Evertilova. We have not always been so in step with each other; one of us is quiet, the other unquiet. But…

Saudi Arabia and Israel have quietly been negotiating a peace deal that would be greased with a U.S.-Saudi defense treaty. So why is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman putting that at risk by joining…