The Chinese president’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia highlighted the Arabs’ desire to diversify their foreign relations.
The countless discussions about a U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East should actually be formulated in reverse.
In today’s rising tensions and competition between the United States on one side and China and Russia on the other, not only will Saudi Arabia refuse to choose sides, but it’s also likely to move closer to Beijing and Moscow as its own interests warrant.
Join Aaron David Miller as he welcomes back veteran OPEC watcher Helima Croft and Princeton University’s Bernard Haykel as they discuss the future of U.S.-Saudi relations.
In an interview, Hussein Ibish discusses why U.S.-Saudi relations have deteriorated so rapidly.
Please join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Middle East program for a public discussion on the future of U.S.-Saudi relations.
The collapse of a six-month truce bodes ill for an already battered country.
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.
In a complex, changing, and increasingly contested world, the Carnegie Endowment generates strategic ideas and independent analysis, supports diplomacy, and trains the next generation of international scholar-practitioners to help countries and institutions take on the most difficult global problems and safeguard peace. Join our mailing list to become part of our network of more than 150 scholars in 20 countries.
Sign up to receive emails from Carnegie!