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Saudi Arabia’s Rapprochement with Iran Was a Long Time Coming
In yet another display of diplomatic prowess in the greater Middle East, China recently brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, two states that have regarded each other as...
The Abraham Accords, Not Beijing Talks, Will Bring Peace to the Middle East
On March 10, news broke that Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by Beijing. The deal has already sparked a mixture of celebration...
Detente in the Persian Gulf is in Everyone’s Interests
Regimes that crave U.S. support in their regional rivalries are apt to strike two different postures that may seem contradictory but really aren’t. They publicly play up the supposed threatening...
Don’t Take Sides in Other People’s Quarrels
The recent intensification of Saudi-Iranian tension also has intensified the all-too-habitual urge, in debate about U.S. foreign policy, to take sides in other nations’ conflicts even in the absence of...