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The Importance of Partiality in International Relations
The partiality with which the US approaches Iran and Saudi Arabia doesn't really make obvious sense, says Peter Bergen. "It makes so much sense to shift this up because so much of our posture right now is just historical bad," writes Bergen. The issue is that we're in that gray zone between believing regional powers they should prepare for U.S. withdrawal or disengagement militarily, he adds.