The biggest question coming from the Middle East today is simple: Will there be war if the Syrian peace conference fails? The reason is that many foreign protagonists find themselves entangled in the...
The United States, previously dubbed a key player in shaping events in the region, is displaying weakness and indifference at a time when the Middle East has found itself in turmoil not witnessed in d...
Shinzo Abe, now six months into his second try at being prime minister of Japan, is a puzzling man. In his first, spectacularly unsuccessful go in 2006-07, he was a crude nationalist and an economic i...
Even before Nawaz Sharif, the incoming prime minister of Pakistan, had formally declared his victory, residents from his native village in India had already begun celebrations. Ironically, the two arc...
Less than a week after my predictions, Hilal once more disappointed us in a two-legged match with a 1-0 result in Riyadh in favor of Lakhweya from Qatar. Hilal with a very unproductive president seems...
One of the greatest pleasures of my work as the American ambassador to Saudi Arabia is to celebrate the many successes of the US-Saudi relationship. This month, I am particularly thrilled to congratul...
