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Published on March 11, 2019 by Gary Grappo

Setting U.S. Relations with Saudi Arabia on a Correction Course

Published first at The Cipher Brief on February 21, 2019

There was never any question that America’s relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would become one of its most important in the region and indeed in the world. It is the birthplace of one of the world’s largest monotheistic faiths and serves as the Muslim world’s “custodian of its two holiest places.” It sits […]

Filed Under: Democracy, Foreign Policy, GCC, Middle East, National Security, Oil, Saudi Arabia, US President, US-Middle East, US-Saudi Arabia

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