Bruce Riedel

Jordan's King Abdullah reviews the guard of honour during a ceremony celebrating the country's 73rd Independence Day in Amman, Jordan, May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RC122FB03AE0

Jordan’s King Abdullah is facing new risks—from his own friends

Friday, June 14, 2019

Pictures of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz are seen during the launching of National Industrial Development and Logistics Program (NIDLP) in Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Faisal al-Nasser - RC196F7D4850

As the Saudis host international summitry, their Yemen problem isn’t going away

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

A Southern Popular Resistance fighter fires a weapon mounted on a truck during clashes with Houthi fighters in Yemen's southern city of Aden May 3, 2015. Between 40-50 Arab special forces soldiers arrived in Aden on Sunday and deployed alongside local fighters against the Houthi militia, a spokesman for the Southern Popular Resistance said. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000082449

In Yemen, the Houthi strategy has promise and risk

Thursday, May 16, 2019

A prison guard looks through a small window at the El Harrach prison in Algiers July 14, 2010. Algeria is ready to open its prisons to international inspection to counter allegations that inmates are abused, Farouk Ksentini, chairman of the National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, a government-backed human rights body, said on Wednesday. To match Interview ALGERIA-PRISONS/ REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: CRIME LAW) - GM1E67F02LF01

Unveiling Algeria’s dark side

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

President John F. Kennedy greets Prime Minister of Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, upon the Prime Minister's arrival at the White House for a ceremony in his honor. 1962. Credit: JFK Library: https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHP/1962/Month%2010/Day%2015/JFKWHP-1962-10-15-A

Algeria and America: A complicated past, an uncertain future

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Pro-Khomeini demonstration in Mashhad - 1978. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pro-Khomeini_demonstration_in_Mashhad_-_1978.jpg

Watch: Experts look back on Iran’s 1979 revolution and the US response

Suzanne Maloney and Bruce Riedel

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein addresses the eigth anniversary of the Great Victory Day August 8. In his address marking the ceasefire in the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war, Saddam rejected Western government accusations that he had spent a fortune on building palaces for himself while his people enjured poverty. He made no mention of his country's oil-for-food deal with the U.N. whose implementation the U.S. approved on Wednesday. - PBEAHUMWIBM

What Iran’s revolution meant for Iraq

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud receives Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa ahead of the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 9, 2018. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC195CDB5F00

Where is King Salman?

Israa Saber and Bruce Riedel

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a graduation ceremony for the 95th batch of cadets from the King Faisal Air Academy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 23, 2018. Picture taken December 23, 2018. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1B24ACE450

Shuffling the deck chairs in Saudi Arabia

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Bruce Riedel

Friday, December 28, 2018

Former President George H.W. Bush walks the gangway as he arrives for the christening ceremony of the USS George H.W. Bush at Northrop-Grumman's shipyard in Newport News, Virginia in this October 7, 2006 file photo. The Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is scheduled to enter service in late 2008. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - TM3E8BU1BPV01

Remembering George H.W. Bush—A wise foreign policy leader

Monday, December 3, 2018