Tag: Saudi Arabia

President Trump has taken measures recently to take advantage of the country's growing dominance in world energy production. Increased oil production will help low-income consumers and people looking for skilled jobs in the economy of the next two decades, among other positive effects. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Drill, baby, drill? Yes, said Trump

Washington Examiner · January 10, 2018 5:01 am

America’s Balancing Act in Yemen

Chris Deaton · January 9, 2018 5:02 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has rejected speculation that he will soon be out of a job repeatedly in recent months, following reports that he called President Trump a "moron" in front of other government officials. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

National Security

Rex Tillerson plans to stay in office through 2018

Joel Gehrke · January 5, 2018 7:13 pm

The Princes and the Mullahs

Elliott Abrams · January 5, 2018 9:00 am

Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement activists are remarkably silent about countries that oppress their citizens as long as they can expect them to oppose Israel. (via Facebook)

BDS activists on campus are the biggest hypocrites

Elias Atienza · January 3, 2018 7:03 pm

The United States needs to avoid getting sucked into another long, no-winners Sunni versus Shiite proxy war. (AP)

Stop the killing in Yemen

Washington Examiner · December 31, 2017 5:01 am

As the nation's top diplomat, Rex Tillerson has to try to rally international support for President Trump's more aggressive posture toward Iran and North Korea. (AP)

National Security

Rex Tillerson facing high-stakes diplomacy over Iran and North Korea — if he can keep his job

Joel Gehrke · December 28, 2017 5:01 am

In this Dec. 4, 2017 photo, Houthi Shiite fighters ride on a vehicle as they patrol a street near the residence of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen. Last Tuesday, Iranian-backed Houthi fighters also launched a ballistic missile against Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Rep. Chris Stewart: Iran takes the Middle East to the edge of war

Rep. Chris Stewart · December 28, 2017 5:01 am

The Trump administration has revealed in its first year a willingness to advocate on behalf of human dignity, even if in a different fashion from previous administrations. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s foreign policy: ‘America First’ and not value-neutral

Ying Ma · December 27, 2017 4:28 pm

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has not been confirmed for the position of Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Congress must do this as soon as possible, given the state of religious freedom abroad. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel File)

End the delay: Confirm Sam Brownback

Hunter Estes · December 25, 2017 5:01 am

Houthi Shiite rebels walk amid the rubble of the Republican Palace that was destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes, in Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

End the blockade: Relieve the suffering of Yemen

Robert Schuller · December 25, 2017 5:01 am

In this photo released by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks at a meeting of the Islamic Military Counterterrorism Alliance in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017. On Tuesday, there was a missile attack by Yemen-based Houthi rebels targeting Riyadh, and the Houthis say they were targeting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other top Saudi leaders in the strike. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Iran is risking war to test the Saudi crown prince

Tom Rogan · December 19, 2017 10:19 pm