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October 24, 2013 | Walter Russell Mead

About the author: Walter Russell Mead is a distinguished fellow at Hudson Institute, professor of foreign affairs and humanities at Bard College, and editor-at-large of the American Interest. His books include Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World (2004), God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World (2007), and The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People (forthcoming 2017).

The Obama administration saw its first-term Middle East policy go awry when it mishandled America’s relationship with Israel. Is it about to do the same now with Saudi Arabia?

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