The Saudi Crown Prince met with a lot of people in the US. The crown prince visited President Trump, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and others. Ellen R. Wald is the author of Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom's Pursuit of Profit and Power. Michael Ratney was nominated by Biden to be the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia. A former US official said that the Saudis expect political appointees with military ties, and could be insulted by this pick. Relations between the US and Saudi Arabia are not good. A former US official told Insider that President Joe Biden's pick for ambassador to Saudi Arabia will likely be a disappointment. Last Friday, Biden nominated Michael Ratney to the post, following the departure of Gen. John Abizaid, a former head of US Central Command. The nomination comes at a low point in US-Saudi relations, with Biden clearly distanced himself from the country and Crown Prince Mohammed trying to punish him back. The Insider of Ratney spoke to David Schenker, who served as assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs at the State Department from January to January 2021. We have seen a lot of stresses in the relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia and this is not going to help. Most US ambassadors to Saudi Arabia have been political appointees, like Abizaid. The former ambassadors include Joseph Westphal, the former under secretary of the US Army, and James Smith, a former executive with the Raytheon arms manufacturer. Ratney is the first foreign-service officer to be in line for the post since 1989. Ratney's appointment may offend Saudi Arabia. The US sells millions of dollars of arms to the Saudis every year and has a major military base in Riyadh. Ratney's selection could show that Biden isn't as concerned with Saudi Arabia's security as his predecessors. The Saudi ambassador to the US is often filled with leading figures, such as Khalid bin Salman, the brother of the current ambassador, and Princess Reema bint Bandar, the cousin of the current ambassador. The same type of profile would be expected from Riyadh. The Saudi ambassador to Washington is a princess. He said that they would see this as a downgrade in the relationship. The nomination of Ratney comes at a tense time for the Saudi-US partnership. The US supported the Saudi-led war in Yemen, despite the Biden administration's admonishment of the widespread human-rights abuses. According to reports, MBS ignored Biden's phone calls and US requests to boost oil production, and said he doesn't care what Biden thinks of him. Saudi Arabia expects the US to guarantee its security and is irked by the weak US response to attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels on the Arabian Peninsula. Policy experts praised Ratney after the announcement. If anyone can navigate the mess that is US-Saudi ties, it is Ratney. He will give an honest assessment of US- Saudi interests and values. A senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said what Biden does is another matter. Ratney is the dean of the Foreign Service Institute language program. He was the deputy assistant secretary for the Levant and Israel-Palestinian Affairs at the State Department. The original article is on Business Insider. The anti-aircraft missile system was terminated by the armed forces of Ukraine after they struck at the aggressors. A caller on C-SPAN was cut off for using the phrase "colored people" while addressing Black and Asian guests. The guests were a White House correspondent and a congressional reporter. Few know that Amazon has millions of Prime subscribers. When I married my husband, he sold his house, which was worth about $100,000 more than mine, but he had no equity in it. John Bennett was applauded at a campaign event for his comments about the infectious disease expert. The 76th Air Defence Division has been transferred from Belgorod Region to the city of Izium. The enemy continues offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk Regions, according to the General Staff. You can battle your way through a visually-stunning mythicalRPG realm with hundreds ofchampions from 14factions. DJ Soda said that she was harassed and humiliated, so she wore her sweatpants inside so that the print could not be seen. Parag Agrawal said that he would remain as CEO until the deal closes. After tragedy struck his boat again, Captain Rip Carlton thought he was having a repeat. Hold time and skip the hassle. You can get a SoFi Personal Loan online. A couple was arrested on suspicion of abusing and killing their 1-year-old son and then driving his lifeless body to Pomona. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the Russian Federation is trying to destabilise the situation in the Transnistrian region. The Presidential Office understands that this is one of the steps taken by the Russian Federation. The aide to the city mayor said there had been no let-up in air strikes on the Azovstal plant despite Putin saying there was no need to storm it. You bring the story, let the people who work for you take care of everything else. There is a heat wave going on in India and Pakistan, with temperatures expected to reach 120 degrees in the coming days. Videos of the process have gone viral, with #woodturning and #woodburning getting hundreds of millions of views on the popular video app. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the Biden administration will continue to work with Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. A new solution is said to restore your leather items back to their original condition. Don't throw old leather items out. A town in western Japan said on Friday that a household who received over four million dollars in COVID-19 subsidies can't return the money. The town of Abu planned to distribute the COVID subsidy funds to low-income households. Each household was given 100,000 Japanese dollars. No one thought Frank was going to live. Not his doctors, his nurses or his wife, a physician assistant who works part time at the Camden, New Jersey, hospital where he spent 49 days fighting to survive COVID-19. The police sergeant was not protected against the coronaviruses. He thought he was young and fit enough to handle the illness from the vaccine. He was wrong. You can sign up for The Morning newsletter. Some experts say that the dissolution of Disney might not happen. Do you think you can get a cheaper internet package? Maybe you should rethink. He humiliated himself with his performance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The director of the movie "Guardians of the GALAXY" is looking out for his star ChrisPratt. A male prisoner at the women's facility at the Rikers Island complex in New York has been convicted of raping a female prisoner.
INSIDER
Ad•SoFi
Ad•Fiverr.com
All Rights Reserved © 2024
