In Miami, leading lights from tech, finance, media, and entertainment gathered at the Saudi investment conference, yet another attempt to sanitize the autocratic regime.
Jamal Khashoggi
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America’s Middle East ‘Withdrawal’ Breathes Its Last Breath
What was once a policy of disengagement has now become a policy of far more dangerous entanglement.
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Let’s Not Grant Saudi Arabia a Blank Check for American Support
Fareed Zakaria’s latest idea for a diplomatic bargain with the country is too clever by half.
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American Values vs. Big-Money Realpolitik at the Journal
Today on TAP: Rupert Murdoch’s editorialists disparage Biden’s stance against Saudi murderers.
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Time to Stop Indulging Saudi Arabia’s Murderous Dictator
Mohammed bin Salman thinks he can push America around. He needs to be taught a lesson.
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The Private Equity Firm That Made a Killing From the Saudi Death Squad
The darker side of defense cooperation
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The Saudi Expert Who Hides Foreign Funding When Testifying to Congress
A former Trump official sidestepped a new ethics rule.
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Business as Usual With Saudi Arabia Is Good for Business
Biden missed an opportunity to hold MBS truly accountable.
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Restrictions on Press Freedom in the Middle East—and Beyond
Today on TAP: Journalists analyzed escalating attacks on the media at the Arab Center Washington D.C.’s annual conference
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Washington’s ‘Freedom Promoting’ Think Tanks That Ignore Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder
On the anniversary of the Saudi state’s killing of the journalist, these think tanks were strategically silent—or, worse, met with Saudi officials.