Saudi Arabia, enemy or friend?

From: Middle East Policy | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

The following is an edited transcript of the thirty-fifth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The meeting was held on January 23, 2004, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building with Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., moderating.

CHAS. W. FREEMAN, JR., president, Middle East Policy Council

Is Saudi Arabia an enemy or a friend? If it is an enemy, will it become once again a friend; or if it is a friend, is it on the way to becoming an enemy? The two governments, for very sound reasons, assert that we are friends. None of the interests that ...

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