Bruce Riedel

A Houthi supporter with his face painted green and white attends a rally to mark the Prophet Muhammad's birthday in Sanaa, Yemen October 18, 2021. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

The Houthis after the Yemeni cease-fire

Friday, January 27, 2023

A redacted FBI photograph of documents and classified cover sheets recovered from a container stored in former U.S. president Donald Trump's Florida estate, and which was included in a U.S. Department of Justice filing and released August 30, 2022. U.S. Department of Justice/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IMAGE WAS REDACTED AT SOURCE. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

How does the government’s classification system work?

Monday, January 23, 2023

Algerian President Abelmadjid Tebboune welcomes Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani upon his arrival in Algiers, to attend the Arab League summit, Algeria November 1, 2022. Algerian Presidency /Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

What happened at the 2022 Arab League summit in Algeria?

Friday, November 4, 2022

United States President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 03 October 2022. President Biden and the first lady are traveling to Puerto Rico to receive a briefing, meet with families and community leaders and participate in a service project following the island wide damage from Hurricane Fiona.Featuring: President Joe BidenWhere: Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesWhen: 03 Oct 2022Credit: Shawn Thew/POOL/CNP/startraksphoto.com/Cover Images

Around the Halls: Assessing the 2022 National Security Strategy

Shadi Hamid, Daniel S. Hamilton, Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones, Patricia M. Kim, Suzanne Maloney, Amy J. Nelson, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Natan Sachs, Bruce Riedel, Melanie W. Sisson, Mireya Solís, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Andrew Yeo

Friday, October 14, 2022

Flags of Saudi Arabia and Israel stand together in a kitchen staging area as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds meetings at the State Department in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool

How to understand Israel and Saudi Arabia’s secretive relationship

Monday, July 11, 2022

A houthi supporter carries a weapon during a protest against USA and Saudi Arabia calling on the end of war in Yemen, a day after the truce was renewed in Sanaa.

Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia is a chance to end the war in Yemen

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Boys stand in line as they wait to receive meals from a charity kitchen during the holy month of Ramadan in Sanaa, Yemen April 18, 2022. Picture taken April 18, 2022. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

How to bolster Yemen and Saudi Arabia’s brittle peace deal

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Pakistan's prime minister-elect Shehbaz Sharif, speaks after winning a parliamentary vote to elect a new prime minister, at the national assembly, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 11, 2022. Pakistan National Assembly/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

President Biden, don’t pass up the opportunity for a reset with Shahbaz Sharif’s Pakistan

Bruce Riedel and Madiha Afzal

Friday, April 22, 2022

Smoke billows from a Saudi Aramco's petroleum storage facility after an attack in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia March 26, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Yemen: Peace at last?

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A service member of pro-Russian troops walks near an apartment building destroyed in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

The Russia-Ukraine war may be bad news for nuclear nonproliferation

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Bruce Riedel

Tuesday, March 29, 2022