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Rethinking Religion: The Legacy of the U.S.-Saudi Relationship
- The Washington Quarterly
- The MIT Press
- Volume 28, Number 4, Autumn 2005
- pp. 121-137
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Saudi Arabia's religiosity was an asset to the U.S. during the Cold War, but it has since become a political liability. Religion is the core of the so-called battle for hearts and minds and, although profoundly uncomfortable, must be addressed as part of a strategic reformulation of the bilateral relationship.