An Interview with Bernard Haykel
Jul 13, 2021 considers the implications of Ebrahim Raisi’s election as Iran’s president, proposes a plan for ending the war in Yemen, and assesses Joe Biden’s Saudi Arabia strategy.
Bernard Haykel, Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Director of the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia at Princeton University, is co-editor (with Thomas Hegghammer and Stéphane Lacroix) of Saudi Arabia in Transition.
Jul 13, 2021 considers the implications of Ebrahim Raisi’s election as Iran’s president, proposes a plan for ending the war in Yemen, and assesses Joe Biden’s Saudi Arabia strategy.
Mar 18, 2021 welcomes the president’s recognition of mutual strategic interests in the bilateral relationship.
Mar 23, 2020 explains why the Kingdom has abandoned its longstanding role as the energy market's “central bank.”
Feb 21, 2020 regards the country's civil war as a crucial theater for broader ideological and geopolitical struggles.
Oct 7, 2019 urges US leaders to launch a proportionate strike in retaliation for the recent attacks on Saudi oil facilities.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused hunger to spike, highlighting the need for radical reforms of the global food system to ensure its long-term resilience. But many fear that the United Nations Food Systems Summit on September 23 will entrench the current inequitable status quo instead of delivering real change.