The Ties That Blind: How the U.S.-Saudi Alliance Damages Liberty and Security

by Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent

Book Overview

The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has cast a deep shadow over Washington's relationship with Saudi Arabia. The ever-changing story about how Khashoggi died undermines the Saudi government's already weak credibility and is illustrative of its extensive record of humans-rights abuses and outright war crimes.

Washington's solicitous, even enabling, posture toward Saudi Arabia cannot disguise the fact that the Kingdom has never...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1948647397
• ISBN13: 9781948647397
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Cato Institute
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"