November 21, 2017
Saudi ArabiaA road trip among ordinary Saudis revealed high hopes, and hardly any worries, about the country's new political era.
June 26, 2017
Saudi ArabiaKing Salman's son Mohammed is now the desert kingdom's dominant figure—and the challenges before him are huge.
May 2, 2011
Middle East and North AfricaThe spectacular news of Osama bin Laden’s killing by U.S. forces could not have come at a better time. Al-Qaeda’s message that violence, terrorism, and extremism are the only answer for Arabs seeking…
October 4, 2019
Election 2020Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy on the campaign trail.
September 9, 2019
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia’s oil industry is on the move with strategic changes in leadership, investments, and a broadening of its global businesses. The moves, which include larger investments in refining and pe…
May 5, 2011
Sub-Saharan AfricaA member of the All India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) gestures in front of a portrait of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden during a pro-U.S. rally as the group celebrates bin Laden's killing, in N…
August 20, 2012
Defense and SecurityToday is the fourteenth anniversary of the best chance the United States had to kill Osama bin Laden before he led al-Qaeda to plan and carry out the terrorist attacks of 9/11. In addition to failing…
April 30, 2012
United StatesLast week, the Obama campaign released a video starring Bill Clinton, in which he extolled the president’s decision to authorize the raid that killed Osama bin Laden one year ago. In the video, Clint…
June 17, 2019
NigeriaThis update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from June 8 to 14, 2019.
