Saudi Arabia – Lawrence Pintak

With U.A.E. withdrawal from Yemen, Saudi Crown Prince could lose an ally (Axios)

July 5, 2019 by Lawrence Pintak

The United Arab Emirates is reportedly withdrawing most of its forces from Yemen to defend its home front in the event of an Iran conflict — a move that could also improve its standing with U.S. lawmakers critical of the war in Yemen. The big picture: The U.A.E.’s withdrawal of troops could lead to de-escalation in Yemen, […]

Filed Under: American & Islam, Iran, News & Opinion, Saudi Arabia, US Middle East Policy

Middle East Heading for a New Cold War? (Arab News)

January 20, 2007 by Lawrence Pintak Leave a Comment

CAIRO, 20 January 2007 — Bush administration efforts to forge a US-Arab alliance against Iran are threatening to produce a new Middle East Cold War, with dangerous implications for regional stability, US interests and American lives.Condoleezza Rice was in the region this week to lay the foundations for a united front with key Arab states […]

Filed Under: Iran, Saudi Arabia Tagged With: Arab, Bush, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Mubarak, Pintak, Saudi Arabia

The Middle East: It’s all just too darned complicated (Daily News Egypt/Turkish Daily News)

October 2, 2006 by Lawrence Pintak Leave a Comment

First Published: October 2, 2006 Memo: To Arabs and Muslims Re: The Middle East It’s your own fault. That’s right, the Bush administration can’t be held responsible for the mess they have made of the Middle East. You Arabs and Muslims are to blame. How can anyone be expected to develop a policy for this […]

Filed Under: American & Islam, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Presidential politics, Public Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia, Syria Tagged With: Bush, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Muslim, Paul Wolfowitz, Saudi Arabia, Shiites, U.S. Middle East policy, Wahabi

Future History: A Glimpse of What U.S. Lebanon Policy Could Spawn (CommonDreams.org)

August 3, 2006 by Lawrence Pintak Leave a Comment

Published on Thursday, August 3, 2006 by CommonDreams.org It is very likely that the world will look back at the summer of 2006 as a seminal moment in Middle East history. We may well be seeing, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says, “the birth pangs of a new Middle East.” But it is also […]