President Trump’s new civilian nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia could pave the way for the kingdom to build its own bomb. The agreement, Adam Gallagher argues, is a symptom of the pathologies that have shaped U.S. Middle East policy for decades.

The U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Is a Symptom of Middle East Policy DelusionsThe fate of the agreement may be up in the air, but it was motivated by pathologies that have perverted U.S. Middle East policy for decades.www.worldpoliticsreview.com