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  • March Op-Eds (Iran-Saudi)

    Plenty of op-eds have emerged to comment on the recent Iran-China-Saudi summit to normalize Saudi-Iranian relations (and plans for further dialogue). In the English-language Arab News, editor Faisal J. Abbas focused explaining the apparent contradictions of Saudi policies for English-speaking audiences: Some may be skeptical of Saudi intentions, or indeed call this a U-turn; they…

    Andrew Leber

    March 15, 2023
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  • U.S. Public Opinion of Late

    The past year was a tumultuous time for the bilateral relationship, largely comprising a war of words in U.S. news outlets over Saudi and Emirati (un)willingness to coordinate oil production decisions around U.S. foreign-policy goals in Europe. For a relatively short post, I looked at the periodic polling that the Harvard-Harris project conducts on questions…

    Andrew Leber

    January 15, 2023
    Polling
    Saudi Arabia
  • الأخبار: نوفيمبر و ديسيمبر 2022

    الأخبار: نوفيمبر و ديسيمبر 2022

    بعض الملاحظات من الصحف الأمريكية حول الشأن السعودي وقضايا ذات الصلة السياسات والسياس Save translation فيضان جدة هرع عمال البلدية في مدينة جدة لضخ المياه وإزالة الأضرار يوم الجمعة بعد الفيضانات الناجمة عن الأمطار الغزيرة التي قتلت شخصين على الأقل وأثارت غضبًا معلنًا نادرًا من الحكومة. وفي عام 2017 ، أطلق ولي العهد السعودي الأمير…

    Andrew Leber

    December 21, 2022
    الترجمة إلى العربية
    KSA, إيلون ماسك, الولايات المتحدة, السعودية, تويتر
  • News & Commentary: Nov. 2022

    News & Commentary: Nov. 2022

    As I’m trying to spend less time on Twitter, I’m experimenting with revamping this site to have more regular posts – starting with end-of-the-month roundups of news related to Saudi Arabia (and to a lesser extent, the rest of the Gulf) as well as some commentary in translation from the same. World Cup 11/3 –…

    Andrew Leber

    November 26, 2022
    Translation to English
  • Backlash to the Backlash

    Op-ed commentary on U.S. criticisms of the recent OPEC+ decision. Hopefully updated as time permits, but a packed work schedule does not permit much spare time this semester! As always, this is a selective look at the op-ed pages because there is only so much time in the day (and not much of it at…

    Andrew Leber

    October 14, 2022
    Translation to English
  • Biden’s MidEast trip

    A few notes on local coverage of Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia – hoping to update this site more regularly starting this autumn so bear with me. Al-Riyadh’s editorial offered a fairly straightforward writeup of Biden’s Washington Post op-ed and the forthcoming visit – not overly praiseful of U.S. policy but not particularly critical either.…

    Andrew Leber

    July 14, 2022
    Uncategorized
  • Oil & chaos

    Recent Saudi newspaper commentary has charged the international community with failing to resolve the conflict in Yemen; years of Houthis missile & drone attacks have been accompanied by a shift away from c. 2019 or so commentary that suggested the coalition could simply wash its hands of the conflict. To be updated, esp as Friday’s…

    Andrew Leber

    March 26, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Oil, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • Russia & Ukraine

    Taking a brief break from fast-paced dissertation writing to clear my head, so no time to contextualize these op-eds. You might check out this RAND report from c. 2016 on Russia’s policy towards the Middle East, this note from AGSIW (Kate Dourian) on what OPEC+ is up to, and this MEI roundup on views of…

    Andrew Leber

    March 1, 2022
    Uncategorized
  • Catching Up

    The academic job market took up almost all of my time in the Fall, so I’m trying to get back into this blog now. This post is mainly an assortment of what I recall seeing in various op-eds over the past few months; I’ll try to post a bit more regularly this Spring. Qatar &…

    Andrew Leber

    January 13, 2022
    Uncategorized
  • Discussions of Elections in Qatar

    There has been much discussion on social media of certain objections to how Shura Council elections in Qatar are playing out this year, with some Qatari citizens excluded from participation on the basis of the 2005 Nationality Law. I will add more when I have time – for now, adding in & translating relevant threads…

    Andrew Leber

    August 10, 2021
    Uncategorized
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