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In 1998, the conservative intellectual and moralist Bill Bennett published a book, The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals. Bennett had to rush the book out after “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” changed to: “Indeed, I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate.” But the Death of Outrage is almost too quaint a title to capture the age of Donald Trump, especially now that his son-in-law Jared Kushner is back as his closest foreign policy advisor. Trump told reporters who questioned Kushner’s role: “I have Jared. Find anybody more capable.” Perhaps there really is no one better at diplomacy in

The Riyadh Comedy Festival bought compliance not comedy

There is mounting evidence that the Saudis provided logistical and financial support to al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups

The Saudis have poured money into other people’s bomb-making programs

As British Ambassador to Yemen, I watched Washington with growing frustration

Ahmed al-Sharaa is the former al-Qaeda and ISIS firebrand turned interim leader of Syria

In Riyadh he channeled his inner Lord Palmerston

The special relationship between the Trump administration and MbS