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Qatar
August 2, 2023
Sarath Ganji
The Corruption of Sportswashing Comes Home to Washington
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has changed the game by sinking its hooks into three U.S. sports franchises.
May 10, 2023
Alex Shephard
Shame on Lionel Messi
He’s reportedly heading to Saudi Arabia to cash in—and help a murderous regime launder its reputation.
December 29, 2022
Alex Shephard
Was 2022 the High-Water Mark of Sportswashing?
The Qatar World Cup never should have happened. But there are signs that the world is finally waking up to the corrupt arrangements that brought it about.
December 15, 2022
Alex Shephard
The 2022 World Cup Has Been Glorious and Depressing
This tournament has been chaotic, breathtaking, tragic, and wonderful. How do we make sense of it?
December 2, 2022
Alex Shephard
It’s So Hard to Hate the Dutch. For the Sake of the World Cup, I’m Trying.
Tomorrow, the United States Men’s National Team plays the Netherlands in a must-win game. Is this the start of a beautiful rivalry?
November 29, 2022
Alex Shephard
In Praise of the Messy, Glorious U.S. Men’s National Team
No, it is not going to win the World Cup (this year), but it is fun as hell.
November 18, 2022
Alex Shephard
Welcome to the Disheartening 2022 World Cup
The next few weeks will be a constant reminder that the biggest tournament in the sports world should never have been awarded to Qatar.
October 14, 2022
Alex Shephard
Will World Cup Reporters Let Qatar Get Away With Its Human Rights Abuses?
As Saudi Arabia’s takeover of English soccer club Newcastle proves, the media is highly susceptible to sportswashing by corrupt regimes.
June 10, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Grotesque Sportswashing of the Saudi Golf League
The clumsy kickoff of this ill-starred competitor of the PGA has been a window into a tawdriness that infects international sports.
February 10, 2021
Gunar Olsen
Biden’s Pledge to Pull Back in Yemen Is Full of Holes
While he’s breaking with his predecessors, Biden’s rhetoric leaves room for the Saudis to slip out of commitments.
August 20, 2020
Trita Parsi
The Israel-UAE Deal Puts the “Forever” in “Forever War”
What binds Israel and its new Arab allies is not the threat from Iran but the threat of the U.S. military leaving the Middle East.
December 6, 2018
Emma Ashford
A Guide to Saudi Arabia’s Influence in Washington
From propping up Trump hotels to donations from foreign agents
August 1, 2018
Jeet Heer
Was Rex Tillerson fired for trying to prevent a Middle Eastern war?
March 21, 2018
Daniel Benaim
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Brian Katulis
The Passive Foreign Policy President
How Donald Trump's hands-off approach to Saudi Arabia squanders the U.S.'s leverage in the Middle East
January 19, 2018
Brian Katulis
,
Daniel Benaim
Trump’s Middle East Policy: The Good(ish), the Bad, and the Ugly
A look back at what the administration has accomplished in the region in the past year
June 26, 2017
Alex Shephard
Rex Tillerson is the most miserable person in the Trump administration.
June 22, 2017
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump and the State Department have two different Middle East policies.
June 20, 2017
Jessica Loudis
What Did Al Jazeera Do?
Amid diplomatic tensions, a great, troubled experiment in news faces pressure to close.
June 9, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump just contradicted his own secretary of state—again.
June 6, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump is recklessly going all in on Saudi Arabia.
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