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 Battles, bombardment in Gaza as Israel reschedules talks with US by Adel Zaanoun with Joshua Melvin in Jerusalem | AFP | Mar 28, 2024 US-Israel rift heads for moment of truth over Rafah by Shaun Tandon and Leon Bruneau | AFP | Mar 27, 2024 Israel's 'scapegoat' Bedouins reel from wartime hardship by Robbie COREY-BOULET | AFP | Mar 27, 2024 See more Podcasts UNRWA in the spotlight How the West began losing the Middle East since start of Syria war, French academic Fabrice Balanche explains Will Turkey's Erdogan seize back Istanbul and fully secure his regime in March 31 elections? 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.”
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US-Israel rift heads for moment of truth over Rafah by Shaun Tandon and Leon Bruneau | AFP | Mar 27, 2024
How the West began losing the Middle East since start of Syria war, French academic Fabrice Balanche explains