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Leon T. Hadar  Senior Analyst, Wikistrat

Post Iran Deal: Time for the Israelis and the Saudis to Get Their Act Together

Posted: 07/21/2015

Much of the debate over the nuclear deal with Iran focused on the technical issues relating to Iranian compliance and to international inspections, or on the prospects for changes in Iranian policy that could result from repealing the international economic sanctions.
There has also been some speculation about what would have happened if a nuclear deal had not been reached. Supporters of the agreement argue that maintaining the status quo wasn't a viable option; critics insist that it would have been possible to come up with a "better deal."
But there has been a certain subtext to this debate that both backers and opponents of the nuclear deal have refrained from discussing: the cost-effectiveness of U.S. policy in the Middle East.