Toby Jones

Rutgers University

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Toby Jones is an associate professor of Middle East History at Rutgers University and and the author of Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia. From 2008-2009, he was a fellow in the Oil Energy and Middle East Program at Princeton University.

Toby Jones on KCRW

Crown Prince bin Salman Crown Prince bin Salman is in line to be the next King of Saudi Arabia, and he's tightened his grip on power with a weekend purge of 11 princes, four…

Saudi Arabia's weekend purge

Crown Prince bin Salman Crown Prince bin Salman is in line to be the next King of Saudi Arabia, and he's tightened his grip on power with a weekend purge of 11 princes, four…

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“The US has begun to mobilize a broad coalition of allies behind potential American military action in Syria.”

The Return of the Jihadi and Rethinking Our Failed War on Terror

“The US has begun to mobilize a broad coalition of allies behind potential American military action in Syria.”

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In Sweden today, President Obama shifted responsibility for punishing Syria -- "I didn't set a 'red line,' the world set a red line" – and said the credibility of Congress is on the…

Is the Syrian Crisis about More than Chemical Weapons?

In Sweden today, President Obama shifted responsibility for punishing Syria -- "I didn't set a 'red line,' the world set a red line" – and said the credibility of Congress is on the…

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