Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the “Clash Within a Civilization”
By Anthony H. Cordesman
February 3, 2014
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No one has ever been able to travel to the Gulf without discovering just
how different the perspectives and values of the West and the Middle
East can be. During the last two years, however, these differences have
threatened to become a chasm at the strategic level.
Many in the West still see the political upheavals in the region as the
prelude to some kind of viable democratic transition. Western
commentators focus on Iran largely in terms of its efforts to acquire
nuclear forces, and see Saudi Arabia and the other conservative Gulf
states as somehow involved in a low-level feud with Iran over status.
Reflections from news and commentary of the day
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