Word: withing
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The Islamic revolution in Iran has sent out shock waves of confusion and distress throughout the monarchies of the Middle East. A state of jitters prevails in the Arabian peninsula, whose petroleum exports are vital to the security of the U.S. and its allies. The rulers of Saudi Arabia, the...
One of the worst fears of the Saudi leaders and their neighbors is that the Soviet Union will become actively involved on the side of the monarchies' enemies. So far the Soviets have treated the unrest in the region with relative restraint. But to the east, in Afghanistan, the...
Given such a staggering array of imponderables, what policies should the U.S. follow in Iran, Saudi Arabia and the surrounding area? In an interview with TIME Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald, the director of London's International Institute for Strategic Studies (liss), Christoph Bertram, argues that once the American...
As for Saudi Arabia, the liss's Bertram believes that Washington would do well to try to dilute a historic one-to-one relationship with Riyadh by bringing some of its closest allies into the partnership. Otherwise, says Bertram, "the danger is that the U.S. will be drawn into...
When the two first met in 1977, Jimmy Carter and Margaret Thatcher did not particularly take to each other. But much has happened to both since that first frosty encounter. Last week, as Britain's Prime Minister made her first official visit to the U.S., the two stood side...