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June 9, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump just contradicted his own secretary of state—again.
June 7, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump just declared open season on Iran.
June 7, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Donald Trump is going to start a dang war.
June 6, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump is recklessly going all in on Saudi Arabia.
June 5, 2017
Jeet Heer
This is what happens when you embolden Saudi Arabia.
May 26, 2017
Jeet Heer
Why Trump Is a Salesman With Autocrats and a Slumlord With Allies
On his first foreign trip, he charmed the Saudis and shamed NATO.
May 22, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump’s Muslim Tolerance Extends Only to Autocrats
He heaped praise on one of the most repressive regimes in the world and dismissed the democratic aspirations of the Muslim masses.
September 28, 2016
Anakwa Dwamena
Congress’s first override of an Obama veto is a victory for 9/11 families.
March 30, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump is promising an exciting new world of nuclear proliferation.
January 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister doesn’t get why everyone is so upset about all of those executions.
January 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia continue to escalate.
December 23, 2015
Ryan Kearney
The Sri Lankan housemaid who faced a stoning death in Saudi Arabia will live—in prison.
December 21, 2015
Jonah Cohen, Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe
This Is What Justice Looks Like in Saudi Arabia
One Sri Lankan housemaid has been saved from a stoning death—for now. Others are still dying.
December 4, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Countries can’t even agree on what the term “human rights” means at COP21.
December 4, 2015
Jonah Cohen, Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe
Saudi Arabia’s Depraved Justice
A Sri Lankan housemaid is soon to be stoned to death, as the world turns a blind eye.
November 17, 2015
Steven Cohen
The U.S. is fighting Islamic terrorism by selling more weapons to a prominent state sponsor of Islamic terrorism.
April 3, 2015
Joel Gillin
The Yemen Conflict Isn't a Sectarian War—Yet
February 11, 2015
Adam Coogle
Will Saudi Arabia Keep Locking People Up for Having an Opinion?
June 19, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
How Will the Iraq Crisis Turn Out? Here Are a Few Scenarios.
June 16, 2014
Bilal Y. Saab
Blame These Two Countries, Not the United States, for the Current Crisis in Iraq

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