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The Takeaway From President Obama’s Saudi Visit

President Obama’s recent trip to Saudi Arabia has come at a time of strained ties, raising questions about the state of U.S. relationships in the region.

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By Perry Cammack and Hussein Ibish
Published on Apr 29, 2016

Source: Voice of America

Speaking with Voice of America’s Carol Castiel, Perry Cammack discussed President Obama’s recent trip to Saudi Arabia to meet with Gulf leaders and the state of the U.S.-Saudi relationship. 

This interview originally aired on Voice of America. 

About the Authors

Perry Cammack

Former Nonresident Fellow, Middle East Program

Perry Cammack was a nonresident fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on long-term regional trends and their implications for American foreign policy.

Hussein Ibish

Hussein Ibish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He is a weekly columnist for The National (UAE), former columnist for Bloomberg, regular contributor to The New York Times and The Daily Beast, and frequent contributor to many other U.S. and Middle Eastern publications. He has made thousands of radio and television appearances and was the Washington, DC correspondent for the Daily Star (Beirut). Many of Ibish’s articles are archived on his Ibish blog website.

Authors

Perry Cammack
Former Nonresident Fellow, Middle East Program
Perry Cammack
Hussein Ibish

Hussein Ibish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He is a weekly columnist for The National (UAE), former columnist for Bloomberg, regular contributor to The New York Times and The Daily Beast, and frequent contributor to many other U.S. and Middle Eastern publications. He has made thousands of radio and television appearances and was the Washington, DC correspondent for the Daily Star (Beirut). Many of Ibish’s articles are archived on his Ibish blog website.

Hussein Ibish
Political ReformSecurityForeign PolicyCivil SocietyNorth AmericaUnited StatesMiddle EastNorth AfricaSaudi Arabia

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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