Gulf security : a risky new US-Saudi blueprint

• Main Author: James M. Dorsey
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104370; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20203
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Eager to reassure Saudi Arabia that the United States remains a reliable partner despite its apparent rapprochement with Iran, Washington has backed a new Gulf defence arrangement which would strengthen Saudi Arabia’s regional hegemony that has sparked criticism from other Gulf states.