korea to divert more of their lng to europe, they have alternative energy sources. some of this will take time to happen, but markets will react to the signals and to new supplies and prices will fall. but this will not be enough. president biden should also help to unlock two large sources of oil that are currently not getting to the market fast enough or in sufficient quantities. he should suspend donald trump s sanctions on venezuela and iran. if possible, washington should work with iran to close the few remaining gaps and reenter the nuclear deal which would bring all of iran s oil back on the market. and biden should personally reach out to mohammed bin salman of saudi arabia and the uae, both of whom feel unloved by washington these days, patch up relations with them and ask them to ramp up production, which the gulf states can best do in the short term.
Kristof: These women confront dictators. Why can t we?
Feb. 19, 2021
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Women like Tawakkol Karman, center, a Yemeni woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership during the Arab Spring, has charted a course the U.S. should follow.John McConnico /AP
Goons with clubs and machetes had established a makeshift checkpoint outside Tahrir Square in Cairo to beat pro-democracy protesters, and my heart sank when I saw the thugs intercept two frail women and menace them.
But the women, sisters named Minna and Amal, stood their ground that day during the Arab Spring a decade ago. I stepped forward to interview the women and also the thugs, who were holding straight razors and clubs with nails embedded; with violence oddly on pause for a joint interview, I asked Minna and Amal why they risked so much to seek political rights.
even the threat that the president has posed, if anything does happen that he doesn t like, that he ll destroy their economy, known believes that. right. so it really is a mixed-up time for all of us here in washington. what is the direction of our country right now? i will say, and give the gop credit here, they have been willing to stand up to defend who have been our great allies in this whole conflict. to defeat the caliphate of isis, these men and women sacrificed their lives. this is totally irresponsible. of course we all remember lindsey graham and several others saying we ll never do business with mohammed bin salman of saudi arabia again after the khashoggi killing and that lasted until the president embraced mbs at the g20 and now he s back on the world stage. eugene, what is the threat now to the president? because the washington post s
of the notes of a conversation where he basically said to leader of another country, go get me dirt on one of my opponents and then we have some a lot of aid you have there. and just groez frozen that aid. it was clearly a quid pro quo. a president that knows no bounds. and you have seen this behavior like you saw in the oval office meeting repeated over and over. remember when he was asked about interference in the election in front of putin he made a joke about it. we are democracy. you don t mess around with it. and don t sell it off to a foreign power. the other private story of course in the breaking news, that the white house and only restrict access about the one phone call. now the phone calls with the russian president. and from the reporting saudi crowned prince mohammed bin salman. what strikes you about this?