“You Will Love Him!”: How Saudi Arabia Cultivated Jared Kushner
“You will love him and he agrees with our agenda!” How Jared Kushner was introduced to Gulf States as their essential friend
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Pakistan Snuggles Up to the UAE
A new Pakistani Government and UAE’s economic aid reconfigure Islamabad’s relations in the Gulf
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EA on Monocle 24: A Yemen Ceasefire Recedes
Scott Lucas with Monocle 24 about receding possibility of a ceasefire in Yemen’s civil war, as pressure eases on Saudi Arabia and the UAE
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EA on talkRADIO: Trump v. Migrants; UAE’s Power Play v. UK over Freed Academic
I spoke with Eamonn Holmes on talkRADIO on Monday night about two developing stories: the Trump Administration’s confrontation with migrants
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EA on talkRADIO: UK’s Brexit Showdown, UAE’s Life Sentence on UK Academic, A Debate on Immigration
UK Prime Minister Theresa May outside 10 Downing Street, London, November 22, 2018 (Henry...
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EA with Radio FM4: UAE’s Life Sentence for UK Academic Hedges
On Wednesday the UAE imposed a life sentence on UK academic Matthew Hedges after a five-minute...
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EA on Voice of Islam: Saudi Ban on Hajj for Palestinians
Saudi Arabia has barred Palestinians from the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages in Mecca, revoking a...
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EA on ABC Australia: Trump’s “America First” Defense of Saudi Crown Prince
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, murdered by a Saudi hit squad, and his fiancée Hatice Cengiz (File)...
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EA on CNN: Trump & Saudi Arabia; Donald’s Russia “Homework”; Ivanka’s E-Mails
Donald Trump bows down to receive a medal from Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, Riyadh, May 2017...
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EA on Al Jazeera: Will US Punish Mohammad bin Salman over Khashoggi?
Donald Trump with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the White House in 2017 (File) With the CIA...
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TrumpWatch, Day 667: Trump v. CIA Over Blame of Saudi Crown Prince for Khashoggi Murder
Donald Trump with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, White House, March 14, 2017...
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Iran Daily: Tehran Looks to Iraq for Salvation From Sanctions
Iran’s regime has hailed the visit of the new Iraqi President, hoping that links with...
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EA on talkRADIO: Brexit Shambles; Saudi Arabia Protects Its Crown Prince
UK Prime Minister Theresa May (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty) UPDATE, 1045 GMT: I also spoke with...
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The Imprisonment of Amal Fathy in Egypt
Egyptian activists Amal Fathy and Mohamed Lotfy Published in partnership with The Conversation:...
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Khashoggi Murder Will Not Disrupt Saudi Influence in Southeast Asia
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (R) welcomes Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir at the...
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EA with talkRADIO: Week in Review — Yemen, Trump, and Brexit
A Yemeni child inspects the rubble of a house in the capital Sanaa after a Saudi-led airstrike,...
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EA on Voice of Islam: Why Saudi Arabia May Escape Punishment Over Khashoggi Murder
I joined Voice of Islam Radio on Saturday morning for a full-and-frank, 20-minute discussion,...
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Pakistan Reconnects with Its Friends in the Gulf
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Future Investment Initiative, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...
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EA on Al Jazeera: Will Turkey Bring Down Mohammad bin Salman?
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan meet in Saudi...
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EA in the Media: Start the Week — Trump and Violence; UK’s Brexit Budget; A Glance at Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil
To start the week, I spoke at length with both Paul Ross and Julia Hartley-Brewer of talkRADIO...
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Terrorism by the State is Still Terrorism
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, The Kremlin, Moscow,...
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Political WorldView Podcast: Saudi Crown Prince and Bone Saw Edition
EA’s partner Political WorldView evaluates the fallout from the murder of journalist Jamal...
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Will Mohammad bin Salman Keep Power After Khashoggi’s Murder?
Areeb Ullah and Chloé Benoist write for Middle East Eye, with a contribution from EA: Saudi Crown...
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Radio: Turkey’s Gradual Pressure on Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Saudi King Salman, Ankara, Turkey April 12, 2016...
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Will Khashoggi’s Disappearance Make Any Difference In US-Saudi Relations?
How the probable killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will be used by Saudi Arabia, the US...
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TalkRadio: UK’s 19th Brexit Breakdown; Trump Covers for Saudi Arabia
Theresa May at the European Union summit in Brussels, October 17, 2018 In our Week in Review, I...
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Radio FM4: Saudi Arabia, the US, and Khashoggi’s Disappearance
King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia I spoke with Austria’s...
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Podcast: Start the Week — UK’s Brexit Abyss Over Ireland; Saudis Fight Back Over Khashoggi
May Government steps back from agreement with EU over Irish border, fearing reaction of hard...
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TalkRadio: Will Saudi Pay Price Over Khashoggi?; Kanye Upstages Trump; Brexit Stumbling Continues
Protesters hold posters of the missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi in front of the Saudi Consulate...
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Explaining Basra’s Unrest — From Polluted Water to a Cry Against Iraq’s Elites and Iran
“These protests, led by Basra’s young people, demonstrate that they can no longer be...
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