David Schenker

While we were gone, China brokered rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, countries separated by religious belief, national ideology, and plans for their respective futures. While the Iranians claimed the Houthis in Yemen would stop attacking Saudi Arabia, the Saudis advocated for the return to the Arab League of Bashar Assad’s Syria, a move opposed […]

The Saudi Arabia of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) is not the Saudi Arabia of his father. The relationship with the United States has changed, as have the roles of the religious establishment and women in society, and relations between the Kingdom and Russia, China and the State of Israel. Join us for a conversation with […]

Iran is funding and arming Houthi terrorists fighting the internationally-recognized Government of Yemen and attacking The UAE and Saudi Arabia with missiles and drones. Israel’s burgeoning relations with the Gulf States under the Abraham Accords and participation in US-led military exercises in the Red Sea as a member of US CENTCOM puts Israel right on […]