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I stood on the South Lawn in 2020 for the Abraham Accords. I’ve followed Saudi Arabia for 27 years and I’m hugely proud of its transformation — socially and geopolitically.
Washington badly underestimates Saudi Arabia’s own diplomatic prowess — a Kingdom now fluent in Beijing,
With the avalanche of op-eds attacking the proposed #Saudi-US nuclear deal a rebuttal was in order. My piece for the @WashingtonPost
https://wapo.st/4bQq9Mq
Exactly the kind of nuance we badly need. Well said by @aliShihabi - some cogent analysis on the US Iran war. The United States needs to target force to exact specific outcomes
"The strategy is a combination of force and diplomacy," Shihabi told Newsweek. "Not to escalate to a level where things go out of control but to inflict a cost on those attacking so they recalibrate their actions. That and also working with the U.S., which despite all the noise