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Rachel Bronson discusses her new book, Thicker Than Oil, and how the U.S.-Saudi relationship has shaped U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Speaker: Rachel Bronson, Senior Fellow and Director for Middle East and Gulf Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: David B. Ottaway, Investigative Reporter, The Washington Post
April 17, 2006
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Rachel Bronson discusses her new book, Thicker Than Oil, and how the U.S.-Saudi relationship has shaped U.S. policy in the Middle East.
The first full history of the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, revealing why the alliance was formed and what we stand to lose if it...
Council Senior Fellow and Director for Middle East and Gulf Studies Rachel Bronson reveals why the U.S.-Saudi partnership became so intimate...
Rachel Bronson, CFR’s top Middle East expert and author of a new book on Saudi-American relations, Thicker Than Oil: America’s Uneasy...