Yet another foreign policy failure for Joe Biden, the acclaimed “foreign policy expert” of the left. After Donald Trump pushed the Middle East further toward peace with the historic Abraham Accords, which brought peace between Israel and a number of Muslim nations, Biden’s government has attempted to build on that process by negotiating a deal […]
Saudis and Russians Scramble to Raise Oil Prices
Two of the world’s largest oil exporters are cutting production in an attempt to raise prices. Saudi Arabia and Russia are making additional cuts to their production in August in order to boost sluggish prices. David Sheppard reports at the Financial Times: Saudi Arabia and Russia will extend or make additional cuts to oil production […]
Middle East Looking for New Partners
At the Ron Paul Institute, former congressman and presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul, explains that while Washington has been focused on its war in Ukraine, something unexpected has happened. Peace has broken out in the Middle East, and Paul suggests that Washington is not happy about it. He writes: Take, for example, the recent mending […]
Biden Is Destroying America’s Influence in the Middle East
Joe Biden spent most of his Senate career on the Foreign Relations Committee and campaigned as a “foreign policy expert.” So far, his tenure in the White House has been met with one foreign policy failure after another. The latest is the rapid dissipation of America’s influence in the Middle East. The root of this […]
Biden Pushed the Saudis into the Arms of the Chinese
After President Donald Trump had worked doggedly to mend relations in the Middle East, and to build closer ties to the nations there, Joe Biden has thrown it all away. The region’s most important nation, Saudi Arabia, is now leaning more heavily on China than it ever has, and America’s influence is slipping away. Aaron […]
Rich Oil Autocrats’ Hold on the U.S.
What’s Going On? As much as anyone tried to avert gazing, he/she/they still would have been hard pressed to escape seeing the dreadful fist bump between Joe Biden, president of the United States, and Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince of Saudi. Things went downhill from there, reports, among others, the WSJ. Mr. Biden insisted that, […]
Biden’s Embarrasses America on Saudi Trip
Joe Biden began his trip with Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) with an embarrassing fist bump. Presumably this was a choreographed effort to avoid Biden shaking hands with MBS, whose actions in the death of Jamal Khashoggi Biden had called “outrageous,” and whose country Biden had campaigned on making a “pariah state,” for its role in […]
Saudi Arabia Has Nearly Completed a Nuclear Reactor Site
Gavin Fernando reports for Sky News: Saudi Arabia has nearly completed construction of its first nuclear reactor, sparking fears about the country’s quest for nuclear power. New satellite images, first published by Bloomberg, show construction on the building site has made significant process over the past three months. The images show the construction of a 10-metre […]
Why is America Putting More Troops in Saudi Arabia?
Why exactly is America sending more troops to Saudi Arabia? At the same time President Trump is pulling forces back from Syria, the Pentagon is increasing them in Saudi Arabia. Three new anti-missile systems and 2,000 troops are headed to the peninsula as a reaction to recent drone and cruise missile strikes on oil fields. […]
America Should Not Back the Saudi Crown Prince
At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan warns against backing the Saudis against the Iranians. Pat notes that the current heightened tensions are a result of pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal at the behest of America’s neocon faction. Neither the president nor most Americans want a war with Iran. Pat wonders how America […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next Page »