Saudi Arabia

One angle US President Barack Obama has not taken in his drive for a new approach to foreign policy in the Middle East - and one we do not expect him to take in the foreseeable future - is criticism of Saudi Arabia. The Bush administration was severely criticised by the left for its close ties to the House of Saud, but Obama has never made any suggestion that he would be any less pragmatic than his predecessors. That said, there are a couple of areas in which the West, including Obama, would like to see Saudi displaying a more

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