US pressure and economic factors have historically prevented Saudi Arabia from developing a nuclear arsenal.
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Enrichment is key to any country’s nuclear ambitions. The US-Saudi deal is unclear where matters rest on that issue.
Surveys in the Gulf kingdom point at ongoing support for the US-Saudi alliance.
Perception as a neutral country has helped Gulf state position itself as a crucial diplomatic player in Ukraine-Russia war. It also serve’s kingdom’s self-interest.
Joe Biden is set to make his first visit as president to the Middle East, during which he will meet the Saudi crown prince the US accuses of ordering the murder of a journalist.
Saudi’s crown prince approved the killing and dismemberment of a Washington Post columnist in 2018, the Biden administration says. So how can the US still see the Saudis as good partners?
Biden and Trump are like night and day on foreign policy, and American global engagement would change radically under a Biden presidency. But actual Mideast policy might show only cosmetic changes.
Critics say Trump’s defense of Saudi Arabia in the Khashoggi affair betrays American values. But many presidents have cozied up to dictators, ignoring human rights abuses to serve US interests.
The disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is worsening relations between US allies Turkey and Saudi Arabia. An expert on the region believes there may be a way out.
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Professor of the Practice of Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Professor, Islam and Global Affairs, University of Delaware
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Visiting Distinguished Professor of the Practice, University of Notre Dame
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Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University
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IE School of Humanities, IE University; California State University San Marcos
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Studies, Université Laval