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    What a Turkey-Saudi Arabia ‘cold war’ will mean for the Middle East

    Turkey and Saudi Arabia are battling for strategic power in the Middle East. What do the tensions portend for the region? An expert weighs in.
    by Lawrence Goodman-Brandeis Sep 09, 2019 0 minutes
    Men raise their fists while dressed mostly in black to protest Saudi Arabia, while other protestors hold signs and flags

    While much attention has focused on the conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia, one expert says there’s a less-noticed rivalry roiling the Middle East between Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

    Nader Habibi, professor of the economics of the Middle East at Brandeis University, describes the Turkey-Saudi Arabia antagonism as a “cold war” with both countries working with groups and leaders in other countries to counter each other.

    Here, Habibi, who is now part of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, talks about tensions between Turkey and Saudi Arabia and what they portend for the Middle East:

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