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Published on January 15, 2017 by Gary Grappo

Six Ways to Recommit to the U.S. Partnership with Saudi Arabia

Published first at The Cipher Brief on January 8, 2017

Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, subscribed to the philosophy, “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,” a line attributed to Sun Tzu, the famous sixth-century Chinese military strategist. Mr. Lincoln was also noted for saying, “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” Donald Trump, soon to be America’s 45th […]

Filed Under: Foreign Policy, Middle East, Syrian Crisis, United States, US-Saudi Arabia

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