Tablet Goes to Saudi Arabia

[View this email in your browser]( May 23, 2023 • Sivan 3, 5783 In Spring 2023, Tablet staff decamped to Riyadh and Jeddah to cover the past, present, and future of the birthplace of Islam, the leader of the Sunni Middle East, and perhaps, one day, Israel’s partner in peace. # [Tablet Goes to Saudi Arabia]( [‘Everyone here has their Jews now’](#) [BY THE EDITORS](#) # [Birth of a Nation]( Reporting from the front lines of Mohammed bin Salman’s stupefyingly ambitious mass experiment in modernization, reform, and control [BY ARMIN ROSEN](#) # [Who Does Saudi Better: Google or Reddit?]( As the kingdom goes digital, the best information is not where you might think [BY KATHERINE DEE](#) # [A Man With No Name Revisits the Kingdom]( A portrait of life in the heart of America’s military empire, where the work of perpetuating the ‘liberal world order’ can be seen up close [BY JEREMY STERN](#) # [A Jilted Lover Seeks Comfort in Beijing]( A China-brokered agreement with Iran shocked and dismayed Washington, whose mercurial policy gyrations are getting harder for the Saudis to understand [BY LEE SMITH](#) # [Ibn Saud, FDR, and the Future of the Jewish State]( American ambivalence and flawed thinking hurt Zionism and helped the Saudis in 1945. In 2023, a similar combination may be preventing Saudi-Israeli peace. [BY MICHAEL MAKOVSKY](#) # [The New Saudi State Sets Off Into Uncharted Geopolitical Waters]( Far from being uncooperative, Saudi Arabia under MBS is playing precisely the regional role that Obama and Biden have long demanded—only more so [BY TONY BADRAN](#) SPECIAL EDITION [Get all of Tablet’s reporting from Saudi Arabia in one convenient printable package]( # # This email was sent to you by [Tablet Magazine](#) Tablet Magazine | P.O. Box 20079 | New York, NY 10001 [Remove me from this list]( | [Forward to a Friend]( You are receiving this email because you signed up at our website, www.tabletmag.com. Tablet Magazine P.O. Box 20079 New York, NY 10001 USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp [Mailchimp Email Marketing](