During the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, President-elect Joe Biden and his senior foreign policy advisors pledged to no longer ignore Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses and to make countering the kingdom’s repression a higher priority.
A new fact sheet from POMED, “Setting a New Tone: The Biden Team on Saudi Arabia,” highlights a selection of relevant statements made by Biden; by Antony Blinken, his nominee for secretary of state; and by Jake Sullivan, the incoming national security advisor.
This fact sheet is also available as a PDF.