Middle East specialist Joseph Braude is the author of Broadcasting Change: Arabic Media as a Catalyst for Liberalism (Rowman & Littlefield). He is Advisor to the Al-Mesbar Center for Research and Studies and tweets@josephbraude.
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American Voices Emerge in Support of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance
While American media criticism and political challenges to Saudi Arabia have continued in recent weeks, a countervailing trend has also emerged: In the wake of the Khashoggi killing, a variety of American voices from both parties have been standing up for the U.S.-Saudi alliance....
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Elliott Abrams to Majalla: Time for a New U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor: Democratic-led Congress Unlikely to Make Drastic Changes in Policy Toward Iran or Saudi Arabia Diplomat, author, and political scientist Elliott Abrams held influential foreign policy positions in the administrat...
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U.S. Drama at Home and Abroad
Tuesday’s midterm elections saw Democrats regain control over the House of Representatives after eight years in the minority, while long-awaited sanctions on Iran’s petroleum industry took effect....
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U.S. Midterm Races Heat Up
U.S. Congressional midterm elections, slated for November 6, were widely viewed earlier this year as an easy opportunity for Democrats to regain a majority in Congress and perhaps even the Senate. But in recent weeks, Republicans have won back some momentum, and Democratic pollsters and pundits...
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Full Steam Ahead on Iran Sanctions
New American sanctions were leveled against Iran this week. On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that Tehran’s “Basic Resistance Force” — an affiliate of the IRGC — together with 22 connected financial entities are now “specially designated global terrorists.” The decision freezes...
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While Iran Oil Exports Plummet, the U.S. Presses on with Sanctions
The Iranian government appeared to take heart on Tuesday when Nikki Haley, the outspoken U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, announced that she would be resigning at the end of the year. The Iranian mission to the UN released a statement welcoming her departure as a relief. Haley had led the...
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A Week of Boiling Tensions Over Iran
Last week saw heightened tension in international policy deliberation over Iran. A foiled Iranian bomb plot in Paris, new revelations of a secret Iranian nuclear facility, and anxiety over imminent U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil sector conspired to heat up rhetoric and raise concerns about the...
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At UN, Trump Challenges the World to Isolate Iran, Toughens Line on Syria
In his annual speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a stern message to Iran, its proxies, and any international elements that enable it. “Iran’s leaders sow chaos, death, and destruction,” he said. “They do not respect their neighbors or borders, or the...
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Iran’s Isolation Brings Defiance and Collateral Damage
Earlier this week in Tehran, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made comments placing blame on Hassan Rouhani for the present economic crisis in his country. Rouhani had crossed “red lines” in nuclear talks with the Obama Administration, Khomeini said, implying that he had ceded more...
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