The Globalist

Donald Trump has no idea that the principal source of support, financial and ideological, that Salafist terrorists use has Saudi Arabia written all over it.

Why the Saudi attempt to modernize their society is bound to fail.

What could possibly explain the current strategy?

The benefits of ending the curious U.S. practice of turning natural allies into mortal enemies: Iran, Cuba, Vietnam.

Is the Saudi monarchy echoing the final stages of the Shah’s monarchy in Iran?

From Iraq to Syria and Yemen, U.S. and Saudi policymakers seem to have learned very little.

Will lower oil prices drive Saudi Arabia and Russia to pursue sensible reforms at home at long last?

The U.S. Supreme Court chips away at the separation between church and state.