Thomson Reuters

December 2, 2013 06:32

Analysis: Saudis have few options as they push tougher foreign policy

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/thomson-reuters/131202/analysis-saudis-have-few-options-they-push-tougher-foreign-poli

By Angus McDowall
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia seems to have few viable options for pursuing a more independent and forthright foreign policy, despite its deep unease about the West's tentative rapprochement with Iran.
Upset with the United States, senior Saudis have hinted at a range of possibilities, from building strategic relations with other world powers to pushing a tougher line against Iranian allies in the Arab world and, if world powers fail to foil Tehran's nuclear ambitions, even seeking its own atomic bomb.