With Iran threatening its oil exports, some experts say the kingdom will help defend shipments By Rob L. Wagner The Media Line 25 January 2012 JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Iran’s relationship with Saudi Arabia – once seen as improving following President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s 2007 visit to Riyadh – has deteriorated to the point that theContinue reading “Will Saudi Arabia Send the Troops?”
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News Analysis: Why Saudi Arabia is a Step Ahead, and the Reasons it Won’t Fall
By Rob L. Wagner MidEastPosts February 23, 2011 Western foreign policy analysts are engaging in a bit of wishful thinking that Saudi Arabia is ripe for a revolution. Conventional wisdom has it that the Kingdom will follow the fall of the Tunisian and Egyptian governments. With protests continuing in Bahrain and Muammar Qaddafi’s Libyan governmentContinue reading “News Analysis: Why Saudi Arabia is a Step Ahead, and the Reasons it Won’t Fall”