China-Proofing the Middle East?
The Israel-Saudi deal is a bad idea
Jake’s considering sponsoring a security pact with Saudi Arabia and Israel. “Under such a pact, each country would agree to defend the other in case they were attacked in Saudi Arabia or in the region.” Alex Stark is quite correct to point to the extraordinary commitments being made to the Saudis without any commensurate gains:
A new bilateral U.S. defe…
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