Crucial Obama Visit To Saudi Arabia Requires Decisive Action – Analysis

March 7, 2014 INEGMA

By INEGMA
By Riad Kahwaji
American President Barak Obama is due to visit Saudi Arabia later this month hoping to ease Riyadh’s fears over Washington’s commitments to the Arabian Gulf region after several setbacks in the relations between the two strategic partners caused by U.S. foreign policy in Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Iran, amongst other things. The question on the minds of so many analysts and officials is what will Obama bring with him to assure the Saudis besides simple diplomatic talk and more promises? The wide growing perception in the Middle East region, as well as other parts of the world, is that the United States appears to be a fading power incapable of protecting the interests of its allies and unable to stand up to bold challenges. The ongoing situation in Ukraine could not have come at a worse time for Washington because it has only reinforced the perception of a weak America on the retreat. So what should Obama do in the very small time he has remaining before his Saudi visit?

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