Middle East Strategy Saudi Arabia Recalibrates

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Middle East Strategy Saudi Arabia Recalibrates

Hassan Hassan, Michael Weiss
Saudi Arabia has adjusted its Middle East strategy to a remarkable degree in the last six months. But lurking beneath the surface are tensions that could result in another big rift between Riyadh and Washington.

Published on May 12, 2014

Significant changes in Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy over the past six months have been precipitated by the Gulf giant’s troubled relations with two very different countries: the United States and Qatar. Riyadh’s attempts to resolve a geopolitical crisis with its superpower ally, and an ideological one with its regional competitor, have already yielded a series of interesting developments in Mideast geopolitics, the most dramatic being in the changed nature of the Syrian rebellion.