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President Biden’s Trip to Saudi Arabia: Dr. Jon Alterman of CSIS

Politics + Media 101

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Is There a Convergence Between Public Opinion and Pragmatist Washington?

I think that at this point we've outlaid a lot of the reasons why policy makers at washington have been pragmatic about their relationship with souti arabia. Do you think that we can continue in this way, or do you think there is going to be a little bit more convergence between public opinion and pragmatic washington opinion? And in which direction would that convergence be? So i' it's interesting, because, to my mind, the principal criticism of the relationship is, this is just a mercenary relationship. You're selling your values for money. That's distasteful. The story that the soudies often tell, and especially young soudies will tell,

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