Allison Minor
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The Saudis Are the Architects of Their Own Misfortune (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. I feel bad for the Saudis. They find themselves hammered between the Iranians and the Houthis, an unhappy situation thanks in part to a feckless and mercurial U.S. president. Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia’s leaders have wanted nothing more than regional stability while they go about the business of transforming their country. For a while there, the Middle East was just stable enough for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his advisors to dream big
The Saudis Are the Architects of Their Own Misfortune (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. I feel bad for the Saudis. They find themselves hammered between the Iranians and the Houthis, an unhappy situation thanks in part to a feckless and mercurial U.S. president. Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia’s leaders have wanted nothing more than regional stability while they go about the business of transforming their country. For a while there, the Middle East was just stable enough for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his advisors to dream big
A Saudi-Emirati Thaw Can Help Contain Iran (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. Following months of tension, senior Emirati and Saudi officials recently released what appeared to be coordinated messages affirming the strong ties between the two countries. It is too early to know if this signaling will translate into tangible actions to repair a strained relationship. But even a moderate thawing of Saudi-Emirati tensions could create an opportunity for Gulf states to forge a more effective response to continued threats from Tehran.
How to End the Iran War (opens the original)
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As Washington and Tehran trade messages in search of yet another cease-fire, the Trump administration must revisit the faulty assumptions that got it stuck in a costly war in the first place. The administration has repeatedly fallen prey to the sunk cost fallacy. In the face of this strategic failure, President Donald Trump has mostly acted as if the problem were one of scale or duration. In reality, U.S. negotiating leverage has diminished as the war has progressed and will likely continue to e
How to End the Iran War (opens the original)
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As Washington and Tehran trade messages in search of yet another cease-fire, the Trump administration must revisit the faulty assumptions that got it stuck in a costly war in the first place. The administration has repeatedly fallen prey to the sunk cost fallacy. In the face of this strategic failure, President Donald Trump has mostly acted as if the problem were one of scale or duration. In reality, U.S. negotiating leverage has diminished as the war has progressed and will likely continue to e
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