Editor’s Note: Sanctions seem to hit the sweet spot for policymakers when considering options for U.S. foreign intervention: unlike military force, sanctions don’t risk American lives and don’t feed the ...

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2014) Reviewed by Bruce Riedel

Editor’s Note: Since the outbreak of the Arab Spring in December 2010, commentators have regularly described relations between Washington and Riyadh as strained at best and near collapse at worst. The po...