For Saudi Arabia, Iran Is Still a Threat

Riyadh can’t rely solely on the U.S. and Israel for its security.

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Iran’s entry into the Arab world was always going to result in a conflict with Israel, but, despite claims to the contrary, Iran was never interested in fighting Israel. Its true conflict is with Saudi Arabia, and the current war is more or less a byproduct of that struggle. Though the government in Riyadh understands […]

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Kamran Bokhari
Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari