Susan Schmidt

Susan Schmidt is a visiting fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a former longtime reporter for the Washington Post.

Security

Saudis Hiring Top Names in American Research

| 03.04.13

The Kingdom continues to lure U.S. minds to its national projects.

Economics

| 02.11.13

Riyadh is dumping money on American researchers, diverting their efforts from projects that could harm the Kingdom's energy interests.

Society

| 11.13.12

Saudi Arabia hopes Salafism will keep the Arab Spring from coming to Riyadh. They're beginning to see the blowback.

Global Governance

| 10.23.12

Why oil-rich Middle Eastern nations are funding Hollywood films.