Bruce Riedel

President and Mrs. Kennedy with President of Pakistan Mohammad Ayub Khan and His Wife at Mount Vernon, Virginia.

When JFK hosted Pakistan’s president at Mount Vernon

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Iraqi President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi meet with King Abdullah II of Jordan and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily

Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan: A new partnership 30 years in the making?

Katherine Harvey and Bruce Riedel

Friday, July 2, 2021

US Secretary of Defence William Perry (R), accompanied by the Saudi Ambassador to the US., Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (L), survey the bomb site outside the heavily damaged apartment at the Khobar Towers housing complex for U.S. military personnel in Dhahran June 29. Nineteen American servicemen were killed, and several hundred others were injured when a bomb exploded outside the bulding on June 25.

Remembering the Khobar Towers bombing

Monday, June 21, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden walks with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, France's President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after posing for the G-7 family photo with guests at the G-7 summit, in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain June 11, 2021. Patrick Semansky/Pool via REUTERS

Around the halls: Impressions and conclusions from President Biden’s first international trip

Madiha Afzal, Giovanna De Maio, James Goldgeier, Patrick W. Quirk, Bruce Riedel, Angela Stent, and Caitlin Talmadge

Friday, June 18, 2021

Dragon's Blood trees (L) and Socotran "desert roses" stand on a hillside in the protected area of Homhill on Socotra island February 1, 2008. Socotra is located in the Arabian Sea, 380 km (238 miles) south of mainland Yemen and 80 km west of the Horn of Africa. The Socotra islands, which harbour many unique species of birds and plants, may gain UNESCO recognition in July as a world natural heritage site. Picture taken on February 1, 2008. To match feature YEMEN-SOCOTRA REUTERS/Alistair Lyon/Files (YEMEN)

Saudi Arabia and the UAE consolidating strategic positions in Yemen’s east and islands

Friday, May 28, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden leaves delivers remarks on his plan to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan, at the White House, Washington, U.S., April 14, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

Biden’s Afghan gamble

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi- January 6, 2021. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Can Iraq play the role of a bridge in the Gulf?

Katherine Harvey and Bruce Riedel

Thursday, April 22, 2021

New Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq Bin Taimour of Oman during a ceremony of receiving new ambassadors letters of credentials, at Al Alam palace in Muscat, Oman, on February 16, 2021. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Oman: First Arab leader to Washington in 1938, and due for another visit

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Jordan's Crown Prince Hamza bin Hussein delivers a speech to Muslim clerics and scholars at the opening ceremony of a religious conference at the Islamic Al al-Bayet University in Amman, Jordan August 21, 2004. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji/File Photo

Jordan in turmoil

Monday, April 5, 2021

Jordan's King Abdullah and Crown Prince Hussein arrive for the opening of the fourth ordinary session of the 18th Parliament in Amman, Jordan November 10, 2019. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Jordan’s crown prince steps to the fore amid strained relations with Israel

Monday, March 15, 2021