When President Barack Obama travels to Saudi Arabia this week there will be more on his agenda than the announced US-GCC Summit with talks about security cooperation, intensifying pressure on ISIS, addressing regional conflicts and de-escalating regional and sectarian tensions, as announced by the White House last month.
by Pat Ryan “How did this happen in Cookeville?” was the question I was asked in both Nashville and Knoxville...
When King Salman talks with President Barack Obama in their upcoming meeting, which is the Saudi king’s first White House visit as ruler, much of the attention will be on critical questions of regional security crisis management and bilateral defense issues. How to deal with conflicts besetting Yemen, Iraq and Syria, and emergence of post-nuclear deal Iran will top the leaders’ agenda.
Yesterday Ms. Mackey, distinguished journalist, author and prophetic analyst, passed away at age 77. I am pleased to share a reflection on her work in the Arab and Muslim worlds.
It may be a case of, “Gentlemen, we have run out of money; it’s time to start thinking,” variously attributed to Winston Churchill and physicist Ernest Rutherford, but the need to reform Saudi Arabia’s oil-dependent economy has actually been the subject of “thinking” for decades.
This interview was originally published in the GulfWire e-newsletter in February 2001. It was the result of an audience with then Crown Prince Abdullah during which Patrick W. Ryan and Dr. John Duke Anthony has an extended conversation with the future king.
This post provides an audio recording from the broadcast interview of Colleen Ryan by Dave Johnson, host of Cumberland Viewpoint.
Paul Crompton's article in Al Arabiya today cited Patrick Ryan on the question of US-Saudi trade on the occasion of President Obama's summit meeting in Riyadh.
On March 19, 2003 the United States invaded Iraq. We must never forget those who went.
Amid a magnificent welcoming from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman arrived in Cairo for a summit accompanied by a large delegation of Saudi ministers and officials on Thursday.