Trump's Houthi flip-flop hands the Red Sea to Iran's proxies
By canceling airstrikes at the last minute, Donald Trump has signaled American instability to Riyadh and emboldened Houthi advances toward the Bab al-Mandab strait.
By Tom Beckwith ·
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Trump abandons Saudi Arabia to Houthi missiles to dodge midterms
Refusing to back Riyadh against Houthi advances, Donald Trump leaves a key ally undefended and bets American midterms on a fragile militant ceasefire.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Trump's midterm gamble handed the Red Sea to Tehran
Donald Trump believes the world is a series of real estate deals where the right amount of pressure on a ledger can force a tenant to vacate.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Trump's inaction lets Houthis choke the Red Sea and our pumps
When I was balancing the books for my father’s hardware store back in Amarillo, we lived and died by the ledger.
By Grant Colby ·
President Macron and Qiddiya: A €6 billion spectacle in Paris
When I read the reporting on this new venture—the promise of three theme parks near Cergy-Pontoise—I didn’t see a global destination; I saw another instance of profound procedural overreach.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia defence pact technically same as NATO's Article 5, Turkish minister says
The moment a group of powerful states—Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan—sign an agreement to treat any attack against one as an attack against all, you know what is being done.
By Bram de Vries ·
Saudi Arabia's Makkah pact signals US withdrawal from the Middle East
The headlines are all about a trilateral pact signed in Mecca. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan—three major players, three different economies, and now bound by the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.
By Ray Dombrowski ·