China kills far more internal dissidents than does Saudi Arabia, but it is wise enough not to do so in its foreign embassies and in such medieval fashion. ... If Saudi Arabia had no oil, or did not buy American products, or was not now anti-Iranian, we likely long ago would have..…

Especially serious decline was noted in China and India. In many of the others – including North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Eritrea – the situation was already so bad, it could scarcely get any worse.” . ..…

To compensate for a potential weakening in its alliance with Washington, Saudi Arabia has established military relations with Russia and, some time ago, secretly purchased missiles from China. . Saudi Arabia is also seeking to use its nuclear program to balance Iran’s military..…

First and foremost is that if we deny Saudi ambitions to build nuclear power plants, other nations will quickly line up to compete for the opportunity. Russia, China, France, and possibly Pakistan will all seek to fill the gap, and one — or more — will succeed. . ..…

This is what a 'free press' is presumably all about, after all; not as in countries with totalitarian regimes, such as the once-Czarist Russia-turned communist Soviet Union-turned Putinist Russia, or Maoist China, or the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, or the Islamic Republic of Iran, or Castroist..…

While religious persecution and discrimination is much less in the United States than in places such as China and Saudi Arabia, it should be recognized that it not only exists, it is getting worse. . ..…