Institute for Gulf Affairs - The Institute for Gulf Affairs

President Biden’s call for a full review of U.S.-Saudi relations is the single most consequential act by the U.S. Government regarding this core alliance in the past thirty years. The timing is significant, and many Congressional…

The leaked royal decree orders the creation of a professional team to urgently leverage Saudi investments in the US and the help from Saudi Monarchy’s American friends and allies to pressure the State Department to end travel restrictions…

Opinion by Areej Al-Sadhan May 3, 2021 at 9:46 a.m. EDT

“Made in California, USA.” These were the words engraved on the handcuffs around my wrists as I sat in the cement corridor at Mabahith prison. I was 14 years old. My youngest brother Kamil spent a day there and he has been back behind bars…

A Saudi terror court sentenced aid worker Abdulrahman al-Sadhan to 20 years in prison on Tuesday. His sister says it shows Biden's plan to punish Saudi Arabia for rights abuses is having little effect. Saudi Arabia freed several…

The jailing of a dissident and two lawsuits reveal Twitter’s complicity with MBS’s dictatorship. Read the full article here.

Saudi Arabia imprisoned an aid worker for running an anti-government Twitter page. His sister says it shows MBS is testing Biden's pledge to be tough on the kingdom.

Another text describes the punishment for gay sex as death and states a difference of opinion about whether it should be carried out by stoning, burning with fire or throwing the person over a cliff.

The jailing of a dissident and two lawsuits reveal Twitter’s complicity with MBS’s dictatorship.

Reactive sanctions can prove a valuable tool if U.S. leaders apply them strategically. The State Department visa ban is a good start. The Biden administration could even go further, leveraging the Magnitsky Act to freeze U.S. financial…