Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero is a Washington, DC-based foreign affairs analyst

Saudi Arabia Executed a Nonviolent Shiite Cleric—It’s Going to Cost Them Big

By raising sectarian temperatures throughout the Middle East, the Saudis risk escalating the unaffordable proxy wars they’ve already ...

Middle East January 10, 2016
While Saudi Arabia Goes to War Abroad, It’s Simmering at Home

To hear Saudi leaders tell it, the kingdom is under constant threat from Iran. But graver threats of ...

Opinion July 6, 2015
Four Years After Gadhafi, Libya Is a Failed State

Nearly four years after NATO-backed rebels toppled the former Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, the North Africa country has ...

Opinion April 9, 2015
Kingdom of Slaves

Since FIFA picked Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup, the tiny and uber-rich Gulf emirate has increasingly ...

Opinion September 13, 2014
Assad and the Palestinians

The three-year old Syrian crisis presents dire dilemmas for Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and in ...

Opinion April 3, 2014
Hamas and Hezbollah Agree to Disagree on Syria

Sunni Hamas and Shiite Hezbollah have apparently agreed to disagree on Syria while maintaining a strategic partnership against ...

Middle East February 12, 2014
Saudi Arabia and Qatar: Dueling Monarchies

The demise of secular autocratic regimes in the Middle East and North Africa has heralded a renaissance for ...

Middle East October 1, 2012

Saudi Arabia Executed a Nonviolent Shiite Cleric—It’s Going to Cost Them Big