Awaiting Change: State of the Arab World Is Captured in Photo from Saudi Summit

Apr 24, 2018
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Simon Henderson
Simon Henderson

Simon Henderson is the Baker Senior Fellow and director of the Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy at The Washington Institute, specializing in energy matters and the conservative Arab states of the Persian Gulf.

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Washington should continue looking past the public statements of the Arab League, an institution more famous for brakes than breakthroughs.

It is going to be a long, hot summer in the Middle East—continuing civil wars in Syria and Yemen, tension on the Israel-Gaza border, the Iran nuclear deal being extended or ending, the opening next month of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, and who knows what else will happen. How will it all work out? The recent Arab summit in the Saudi city of Dhahran provides an opportunity for assessing the state of the Arab world, and the extent to which Washington can hope for help as the summer progresses...

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