Last weekend, Saudi Arabia ditched the comprehensive defense pact it had been pursuing with the U.S. in favor of a smaller, more limited military cooperation agreement. At first glance, it seems a strange development: Saudi Arabia is a longtime ally of Washington, and with the fifth-largest defense budget in the world, it is the largest […]
Saudi Arabia Hedges Its Bets
The Oct. 7 attacks changed Riyadh’s priorities.
