Lack of strategic focus hampers Saudi foreign policy
Rallying opposition to Islamic State and containing Iran are the kingdom's top foreign policy priorities
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- Alignment with West
- Regional peace efforts
- Activist foreign policy
- Iran rivalry
- Muslim Brotherhood and jihadists
- Tactical moves, strategic confusion
- Syria
- Russia
- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
- International bodies
- Policy-making obstacles
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_350.jpg "King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud talks with John Kerry before a meeting at the Royal Palace in Jeddah (Reuters/Brendan Smialowski/Pool)")