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​UN Security Council members vote on a draft resolution to Authorize an International Stabilization Force in Gaza authored by the US at UN Headquarters in New York, NY on November 17, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: UN backs US plan for Gaza, Trump to sell fighter jets to Saudi, Zelensky seeks funds with money well running dry

The resolution lends international legitimacy to a multi-national peacekeeping force and US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.

US President Donald Trump and ​Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman at the Saudi-US Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 13, 2025.
Analysis

The Saudi crown prince returns to Washington

For the first time in seven years, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is returning to Washington, DC, this week. It is now the great power-chess game between the US and China, rather than oil, that is making the Washington and Riyadh join forces.

​Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 10, 2025.
Analysis

Could Saudi Arabia join the Abraham Accords?

There are a lot of good vibes between the United States and Saudi Arabia right now. Whether that stretches to the Riyadh normalizing relations with Israel is another matter.

Trump's Middle East Love Triangle
The Debrief

Trump's Middle East Love Triangle

Trump now willing to pressure Netanyahu to salvage and expand ties with his Gulf allies?

MBS headlines at the first ever Riyadh Comedy Festival!!!
Puppet Regime

MBS headlines at the first ever Riyadh Comedy Festival!!!

Louis CK and Jimmy Carr can't even come close to this. #PUPPETREGIME

Big oil is getting big mad at Trump
The Debrief

Big oil is getting big mad at Trump

His honeymoon with American oil companies may be coming to an end.