President Trump has made the “alliance” with troublemaking Saudi Arabia a centerpiece of his chaotic foreign policy, but the latest jockeying for power in Riyadh may portend unexpected trouble, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
Category: Human Rights
Institutional Factors in US Violence
At FBI, Mueller Oversaw Post-9/11 Abuses
Iran’s Missile Strike Adds to Syrian Crisis
For the first time in 30 years, Iran fired missiles from its territory — in a strike against ISIS in Syria, putting down a marker that Iran won’t tolerate more terror attacks against Tehran, Patrick Henningsen explained at 21st Century…
The Price that Julian Assange Pays
Spoiling for a Wider War in Syria
How Fear of Russia Misleads Americans
Trump Complies with War-Hawk Wishes
President Trump is plunging ahead with expanded Mideast wars, with emerging escalations in Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere, building on the bloody policies of his predecessors, as retired Col. Ann Wright explains.