In the new post–cold war strategic landscape of the Middle East, the United States’ most important Arab ally, Saudi Arabia, plays a key role. The will and the resources of Saudi Arabia are badly neede
The first Arab country to gain independence from the Ottoman Empire, the Hashemite kingdom lasted from 1916 to 1925. Teitlebaum (history, Tel Aviv U., Israel) tells the story of the "Revolt of the Des
The Persian (or Arab) Gulf countries produce about 30 per cent of the planet's oil, and keep in the ground around 55 per cent of its crude oil reserves, hence the stability of the region's autocratic
