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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Playing Hard to Get in the Middle East By Stephen M. Walt

http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/10/25/playing_hard_to_get_in_the_middle_east

Playing Hard to Get in the Middle East

By Stephen M. Walt

October 28, 2013 - Some of America's Middle Eastern allies are reportedly not very happy with the United States these days. I refer, of course, to Saudi Arabia and Israel, who are troubled by U.S. discussions with Iran and upset by Obama's reluctance to plunge head-first into the Syrian quagmire. But those of us with a more strategic view of U.S. interests in the Middle East may welcome these developments, as they contain the kernel of a more flexible and effective approach that may be emerging.

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