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  • U.S.-Saudi ties are in flux as tensions over oil and security persist

    Gulf nations don't see it as being in their national interest to take sides in rivalries between the U.S. and other world powers, says Elham Fakhro, a Bahraini research fellow at Britain's University of Exeter. There's no upside for them in ostracizing Russia, for example, or losing out from trade benefits with China, whose leader Xi Jinping visited Saudi Arabia last month.

  • U.S.-Saudi Tensions Ease as Concerns About Iran Grow

    The emerging Saudi-U.S. thaw comes as the Biden administration looks to reshape the U.S. military presence in the Middle East by stitching together a security umbrella stretching from Israel through the Persian Gulf. Concerns about Iran have grown since Russia began using Iranian-made drones to attack Ukraine, with the White House warning that the two American adversaries are developing a full-scale military partnership.

  • Perspective: Secretary Xi’s Visit to Saudi Arabia Doesn’t Look Like a Threat to U.S.-Saudi Partnership

    Without doubt Saudi Arabia is using the Xi visit and the growing relationship with China as part of a series of moves to effectively announce itself as an emerging mid-level power in an increasingly multipolar world. The United States appears to be adjusting to this new reality by emphasizing the benefits of burden sharing and cooperation on mutually shared goals rather than a protection plan based on security for oil. That’s a far healthier and sustainable approach to the relationship than trying to persist with outmoded notions of how the relationship works

  • Reassessment or Business as Usual in U.S.-Saudi Relations: Audio

    Aaron welcomes veteran OPEC watcher Helima Croft and Princeton University’s Bernard Haykel as they discuss the future of U.S.-Saudi relations.

  • U.S.-Saudi ties through good times and bad

    The U.S.-Saudi alliance has weathered many storms over the decades, but the relationship remains vital to both: Saudi Arabia is the world's biggest oil exporter and the United States' largest foreign military sales customer.

  • Timeline: U.S.-Saudi ties through good times and bad

    The U.S.-Saudi alliance has weathered many storms over the decades, but the relationship remains vital to both: Saudi Arabia is the world's biggest oil exporter and the United States' largest foreign military sales customer.

  • U.S.-Saudi ties under review despite Khashoggi immunity ruling, Blinken says

    "The opinion that we provided does not in any way speak to the merits of the case or the status of the bilateral relationship," Blinken said. "Our review of that relationship is ongoing," he told reporters at a news conference in Qatar after an annual U.S.-Qatar strategic dialogue. Blinken also said there were no plans for the prince to visit the United States.

  • Why U.S.-Saudi relations are in need of a healthy reset

    Richard's One Big Thing is why U.S.-Saudi relations are in need of a healthy reset and how some recent commentary on U.S.-Saudi relations seems to recognize the need for the U.S. perspective to be updated on Saudi Arabia.

  • Both Sides Lose in the U.S.-Saudi Feud

    Silence is golden. Said to be an old Arab proverb, this is good advice to both the U.S. and Saudi governments if they are to preserve any possibility of salvaging a security relationship more important now than when it began eight decades ago. The West is invested in the war in Ukraine and could easily become embroiled in new hot conflicts with China and Iran before President Biden’s term ends. Oil prices in the U.S. are roughly $90 a barrel and could double if Russia decides to stop pumping oil or if Europe carries out its threat to ban imports of Russian crude by sea after Dec. 5.

  • A Secret, Failed Oil Deal: How the U.S.-Saudi Relationship Ruptured

    What happened over the last half-year is a story of handshake agreements, wishful thinking, missed signals and finger-pointing over broken promises. Far from rebuilding a relationship with a leader Mr. Biden had once pledged to treat as a “pariah” after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the outcome has been another low point in America’s tumultuous ties with Saudi Arabia.