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Journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder has thrust U.S.-Saudi relations into the spotlight. President Trump asserts that Saudi business is too significant for the U.S. to jeopardize. But is it? And how did the economies of the two countries become so intertwined? Nick Schifrin speaks with Rachel Bronson, author of “Thicker Than Oil,” and the Center for International Policy’s William Hartung for more...

Cutting off technical support could cripple Saudi operations in Yemen.

Saudi Arabia expert Bruce Riedel was right to tell The Post that Saudi Arabia’s claim that Jamal Khashoggi died in a brawl in its consulate is “the worst coverup I’ve ever seen.” But there is another coverup that rivals it...

When the United States was attacked on September 11, 2001 by 19 hijackers — 15 of them from Saudi Arabia — the kingdom switched into lobbying overdrive, determined to preserve a critical relationship...

In the years since the Sept. 11th attacks, the United States has spent huge sums to help foreign military and police forces develop the capacity to fight terrorism, with decidedly mixed results...

Mohammed bin Salman was hailed as a reformer in Washington. Does anyone still think that after the brutal killing of Jamal Khashoggi?...

Washington needs to have a thorough debate about Saudi Arabia and whether the bilateral relationship as it now stands serves U.S. interests. That raises a difficult question: Is it possible to have an honest discussion when so many American experts are, in one way or another, on the Saudi payroll?...

The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi isn't the first atrocity committed by key U.S. ally Saudi Arabia. And Donald Trump isn't the first U.S. president to stand by and watch. America's red lines almost never apply to America's allies. But this time could be different...

A White House panel has put forward plans to unify space assets under a central command structure ahead of the creation of a "Space Force." Trump has said the military branch would "assert American dominance in space."...

CIP's William Hartung interviewed on Saudi Arabia

The Trump administration has decided to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), the most comprehensive disarmament treaty ever negotiated between Washington and Moscow.

Defense expert William Hartung has written that a hallmark of Trump’s overseas military sales is they allow for the manufacture of U.S. military equipment in other countries, “despite President Trump’s campaign claims that he would protect and increase U.S. manufacturing jobs in America...