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. In spring 2018, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Wall Street, and major universities rolled out a red carpet for nearly three weeks to welcome Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to the United States. During his trip, MBS met with Oprah Winfrey, Rupert Murdoch, Sergey Brin, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Richard Branson, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates, among many others. The New York Times described the US tour as "seeking to change the perception of Saudi Arabia from an opaque an...

The nominee for deputy secretary of state, Wendy Sherman, faces a difficult confirmation process over concerns about reentering the nuclear deal.

Senators grill State Department nominee as proxy for wider Iran-deal debate John Hudson, The Washington Post March 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee grilled President Joe Bidens nominee for the No. 2 position at the State Department on Wednesday, homing in on her role as the chief negotiator for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal during the Obama administration. The nominee for deputy secretary of state, Wendy Sherman, faces a difficult confirmation proce...

Court docs reveal Saudi wealth fund courted by Hollywood and Wall Street owned planes used in Jamal Khashoggis killing insider@insider.com (Eli Clifton, Responsible Statecraft) © JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images A demonstrator dressed as Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at a protest outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC, October 8, 2018. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, an enormous sovereign wealth fund, has major ...

Published date: 18 December 2020 21:14 UTC | Last update: 3 months 2 weeks ago Dozens of anti-war, environmental and human rights groups are promoting a 100-candidate roster for senior positions in the incoming US administration of President-elect Joe Biden, as part of an effort to guide US foreign policy in a more progressive direction. The list, sent to Bidens team on Friday, excluded individuals with corporate ties. It was backed by a ran...

Antiwar.com Original President Donald Trump has sparked considerable controversy by threatening to veto the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act – a behemoth bill authorizing $740 billion in U.S. military expenditures – for the first time in its nearly 60-year history. However, one peace group on Friday warned against making the NDAA all about Trump, reminding Americans of some of the grave consequences of spending more on militarism than the 10 next countries combin...

“Our government should not sell a single bullet to the UAE, much less billions of dollars in deadly military equipment.” Following the Senate’s failure earlier this week to block President Donald Trump’s $23 billion weapons sale to the United Arab Emirates, President-elect Joe Biden is facing pressure from anti-war organizations and activists to put a stop to the deal upon taking office to prevent further U.S. complicity in the slaughter of civilians in Yemen and Libya. Announced las...