Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Republicans are hinting that if they take control of Congress they'll work on cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
A U.S. ally is a country with which the United States shares common values. Clearly authoritarian and repressive governments are not allies of the United States. Saudi Arabia is not an ally.
What the Saudi Crown Prince did was literally undermine President Biden's political position, certainly in respects to oil prices, weeks before the midterms and at the same time undermine the international community's position in an effort to isolate Vladimir Putin.
Democrats have Saudi Arabia in the crosshairs, outraged at OPEC's slashing its oil output by 2 million barrels a day. Now there`s legislation in Congress to pause all weapons sales to the Saudis. Aaron David Miller, former State Department analyst, talks about if the U.S. could have leverage over Saudi Arabia.
There has been a reset in the U.S.-Saudi relations and it's been done by the Saudis.
The reality is that the administration did get commitments in the wake of that visit that Saudi would raise production gradually and clearly this has not happened.
Aaron David Miller comments on Russia's planned annexation of parts of Ukraine.
Civilians across Russia and Iran are rising up against their authoritarian regimes in ways we haven't seen in years.
Aaron David Miller comments on President Biden's strong words against Vladimir Putin and the Russian President's threat of nuclear weapons.
Tensions are once again high in Israel, 49 Palestinians have been killed as a result of the latest military escalation in the occupied territories.
