Thursday, 21 April 2016

Will Saudi Arabia and Iran ever get along? (Bill Hess, Brookings)

King Salman of Saudi Arabia (C) is pictured with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (front R) during a family photo session at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Istanbul Summit in Istanbul, Turkey April 14, 2016. REUTERS/Onur Coban/Pool

Is rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran possible? That was the topic of conversation at a recent Brookings Doha Center (BDC) panel discussion on April 7, featuring Jamal Khashoggi of Alarab News Channel, former Deputy Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations Sayed Kazem Sajjadpour, Khaled Al Jaber of Al-Sharq Studies and Public Opinion Research Center, and Nasser Hadian of the University of Tehran. Brookings Senior Fellow Ibrahim Fraihat, who moderated the event, stressed the importance of the Iranian-Saudi relationship in shaping the regional environment and encouraged panelists to offer concrete steps for how to improve the dynamics between the two states.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/04/20-saudi-iran-rapprochement-hess

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