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U.S.-Saudi Relations: What Next?

Thu. October 20th, 2022
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The decision earlier this month by Saudi Arabia, in coordination with Russia as part of OPEC Plus, to cut oil production has escalated tensions in the U.S.-Saudi relationship. The Biden administration has pledged to respond "methodically" to what it perceives as a flagrant snub and collusion with Moscow, while bipartisan calls have erupted in Congress to halt security assistance to Saudi Arabia. For its part, Riyadh asserts it was acting solely out of economic self-interest.

What's next for the troubled, decades-long U.S.-Saudi partnership and how have shifts in the global order changed each side's stake in it? What are Biden's policy options moving forward?

Join Carnegie’s Frederic Wehrey as he welcomes U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, Hala Al-Dosari, and Martin Indyk to discuss the future of U.S.-Saudi relations.

EconomyForeign PolicySaudi Arabia
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Frederic Wehrey

Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Frederic Wehrey is a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on governance, conflict, and security in Libya, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf.

Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy is a United States senator for Connecticut. As a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, he has been an outspoken proponent of diplomacy, international human rights and the need for clear-eyed American leadership abroad. Murphy currently serves as the chairman of the Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism.

Hala Al-Dosari

Hala Al-Dosari is an activist, scholar, and writer from Saudi Arabia and the Washington Post’s first Jamal Khashoggi fellow.

Martin Indyk

Martin Indyk is a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Previously, he was the executive vice president of the Brookings Institution.