(Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies-Bar-Ilan University) Joshua Teitelbaum - Although Saudi Arabia and the U.S. are neither friends nor allies, they have shared interests with regard to oil and security for many decades, leading to economic and military relations that are unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. Therefore, despite occasional public "outrage" from Saudi officials about U.S. policy, Riyadh and Washington are still very distant from the parting of the ways threatened by some Saudi officials. The writer is a research associate at the BESA Center.
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