The Road to Now Podcast with Ben Sawyer and Bob Crawford interviewed Dr. Foley on April 13, 2017 about the civil war in Syria. Dr. Foley discussed the causes of the war and the history of Syria [...]
Life and Legends, an American arts magazine, published Dr. Foley's article on art, film, and social media in Saudi Arabia. Entitled "Artists of Change: Saudi Arabia in 2017," the article [...]
On February 26, 2017, the National newspaper in the United Arab Emirates cited Dr. Foley at length about Saudi Arabia's King Salman and his trip to visit Malaysia. The article also discussed [...]
On December 15, 2016 Dr. Foley lectured on the role of culture and history in Sino-Saudi ties to students and faculty at the Department of Arabic Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University [...]
On November 18, 2016 Dr. Foley spoke on the intersection of smoking, Islam, modernization, and politics in modern Saudi Arabia to the annual conference of the Middle East Studies Association [...]
Dr. Foley delivered a paper, "When Oil is Not Enough: Sino-Saudi Ties and Vision 2030" to a conference at Shanghai International Studies University in Shanghai, China. The conference, entitled [...]
Dr. Foley delivered a paper, "How Big Tobacco Used Islam and Modernity to Conquer Saudi Arabia" to a conference at Maltepe University (Istanbul, Turkey). The conference, entitled "American [...]
Dr. Foley presented "When Dissonance Becomes Unexpected Harmony: How Artists Are Re-Imagining Saudi Arabia's Culture and Society" to the University of Tokyo's Centre of Middle East Studies in [...]
Dr. Foley contributed to "Reimaging the Politics of the Gulf Monarchies of the Twenty-First Century," a panel held at the annual meeting of the Japan Association for Middle East Studies (JAMES) [...]
Sociology of Islam published Dr. Foley's article on Saudi-Chinese ties in the twenty-first century: "Seek Knowledge Even if it Takes You To China (Via Washington): Saudi Arabia and China in the [...]