Bruce Riedel

Armed tribal Yemenis hold their weapons above their heads in a show of support for independent condidate Abdullah Al-Buchri in Koneib west of Sanaa April 26. Yemenis, still recovering from a bitter 1994 civil war, are due to cast votes on Sunday in parliamentary elections.YEMEN ELECTIONS - RP1DRICTBWAE

A brief history of America’s troubled relationship with Yemen

Monday, October 22, 2018

Human rights activists and friends of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi hold his pictures during a protest outside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC11BADE6ED0

After Khashoggi, US arms sales to the Saudis are essential leverage

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Maldivian president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih arrives at an event with supporters in Male, Maldives September 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ashwa Faheem - RC1CD9218330

Maldives democracy prevails for now

Thursday, September 27, 2018

PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat (R) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (L), as U.S. President Bill Clinton stands between them, after the signing of the Israeli-PLO peace accord, at the White House in Washington September 13, 1993. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E99D1UCD01

The Oslo Accords at 25: The view from Jordan

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

An aerial view of Maldives capital Male December 9, 2009. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/File photo - S1BEUGVKXCAA

Maldives: A crisis in paradise

Monday, August 13, 2018

U.S. soldiers with Scout Company, 1st Battalion 30th Infantry Regiment line up before an exercise in a range at Patrol Base Murray in the Sunni neighbourhood of Arab Jabour, south Baghdad, October 20, 2007. The area around Patrol Base Murray was known as the Triangle of Death - a very safe area for al-Qaeda in Iraq to ambush Shi'ites, launch mortar and rocket attacks into the Green Zone and rig car bombs, suicide vests and other weapons for use in Baghdad. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (IRAQ) - GM1DWKJHNWAA

1958: When America first went to war in the Middle East

Monday, July 2, 2018

People stand on the rubble of a house destroyed by an air strike in Amran, Yemen June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RC1FD0EBED70

Amid a brutal stalemate in Yemen, the United Nations must act

Monday, June 25, 2018

Guards walk on the wreckage of a building destroyed by air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen June 6, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RC15ACE97640

In the face of Hodeidah assault, Yemen is on the brink

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper testifies to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Russias intelligence activities" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC145A0A3350

In new book, James Clapper offers an essential view into decades of intelligence challenges

Thursday, May 31, 2018

The banquet hall in the royal palace in Jidda, Saudi Arabia with the aquarium in 1998. Photo provided by Bruce Riedel.

Don’t let Israel and Saudi Arabia drag the U.S. into another war

Tuesday, May 15, 2018