Saudi Arabia Doesn’t Need a Nuclear Program
Nor should it get its own version of the Iran deal.
March 8, 2018
Saudi Arabia Doesn’t Need a Nuclear Program
Nor should it get its own version of the Iran deal.
In 2012, Saudi Arabia announced its plan to build several nuclear reactors, claiming that these would be necessary to supply the country’s energy needs as part of a strategy to wean itself from its oil dependency. Although Riyadh has backed away from this proposal, there are still those who argue that the kingdom should, in cooperation with the U.S., build its own nuclear reactors and even begin enriching uranium. Washington, the reasoning goes, can’t say no to enrichment, since the 2015 nuclear deal grants Iran permission to do so. But Henry Sokolski is skeptical of these arguments:
March 8, 2018
Why Guatemala’s Embassy Move Matters
A small country does the right thing.
Bipartisan Support for Israel Is Crumbling, and There’s Little AIPAC Can Do about It
A near-impossible problem.
Steven Pinker Shortchanges Both the Enlightenment and Religion
A rationalist sermon delivered to a congregation of wavering souls.
A New History of the Arab World Gets the Story Right—Until It Comes to Jews and Christians
An Oxford historian has absorbed anti-Semitic prejudices.