What the President’s Riyadh Speech Got Right, and What It Overlooked
Where does terrorism come from, anyway?
May 23, 2017
Dismissing long-held fallacies about the region.
Arguing that the past sixteen years of U.S. conduct toward the Middle East have facilitated the dangerous empowerment of Iran to the detriment of America and its allies, Michael Doran hopes that the president’s visit to Saudi Arabia and Israel this week will signal the beginning of a more effective approach to the region:
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Dismissing long-held fallacies about the region.
After many decades, not yet fluent.
Gripping reading from recently declassified documents.
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