Thomas Lippman Thomas Lippman is the author of Saudi Arabia on the Edge:The Uncertain Future of an American Ally. Saudi Arabia | Feb 3, 2013 Prince Muqrin and the Question Of Saudi Succession The appointment by Saudi King Abdullah of his half-brother Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz to the key position of second deputy prime minister raises new questions about who will succeed the Saudi monarch and the next generation of Saudi rulers, writes Thomas Lippman. Saudi Arabia | Jun 29, 2012 Saudi Professor Faces Charges After Fighting for Free Speech What are the limits of open dissent in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? They are often unclear and seemingly arbitrary, writes Thomas W. Lippman, but there is no doubt that Dr. Mohammad al-Qahtani went well beyond them. He had predicted it, and in the context of Saudi Arabia, he was asking for it. Saudi Arabia | Jun 17, 2012 Saudi Arabia Moves Closer to A New Generation of Leaders The death Saturday of Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz is likely to have little short-term impact on the kingdom, writes Thomas W. Lippman. But it accelerates the transition to a new generation of rulers who may have different ideas about how to rule, deal with neighbors and manage the critical relationship with the US. Originals | Feb 21, 2012 Saudi Writer Faces Death Penalty For Doubting Prophet on Twitter Thomas W. Lippman, author of Saudi Arabia on the Edge:The Uncertain Future of an American Ally, gives the example of Hamza Kashgari as “an almost perfect microcosm of the dilemma facing King Abdullah and the princes as they try to balance their push for modernization with their need to maintain religious purity.” Latest News Ceremony held for World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 25, 2024 UK slaps fresh sanctions on Iran after Israel attack Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 25, 2024 Israeli land grabs spike in West Bank during Gaza war by Louis Baudoin-Laarman | AFP | Apr 25, 2024 See more Podcasts Sister of Israeli-Russian scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held by Iran-backed Shiite militia, calls for US military sanctions on Iraq From döner diplomacy to NATO demands, a week in Turkish foreign policy Environmental horror, ISIS resurgence in Amberin Zaman’s dispatch from Syria See more
Saudi Arabia | Feb 3, 2013 Prince Muqrin and the Question Of Saudi Succession The appointment by Saudi King Abdullah of his half-brother Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz to the key position of second deputy prime minister raises new questions about who will succeed the Saudi monarch and the next generation of Saudi rulers, writes Thomas Lippman.
Saudi Arabia | Jun 29, 2012 Saudi Professor Faces Charges After Fighting for Free Speech What are the limits of open dissent in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? They are often unclear and seemingly arbitrary, writes Thomas W. Lippman, but there is no doubt that Dr. Mohammad al-Qahtani went well beyond them. He had predicted it, and in the context of Saudi Arabia, he was asking for it.
Saudi Arabia | Jun 17, 2012 Saudi Arabia Moves Closer to A New Generation of Leaders The death Saturday of Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz is likely to have little short-term impact on the kingdom, writes Thomas W. Lippman. But it accelerates the transition to a new generation of rulers who may have different ideas about how to rule, deal with neighbors and manage the critical relationship with the US.
Originals | Feb 21, 2012 Saudi Writer Faces Death Penalty For Doubting Prophet on Twitter Thomas W. Lippman, author of Saudi Arabia on the Edge:The Uncertain Future of an American Ally, gives the example of Hamza Kashgari as “an almost perfect microcosm of the dilemma facing King Abdullah and the princes as they try to balance their push for modernization with their need to maintain religious purity.”
Ceremony held for World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 25, 2024
Sister of Israeli-Russian scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held by Iran-backed Shiite militia, calls for US military sanctions on Iraq