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Arms for the King and His Family: The U.S. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

Arms for the King and His Family: The U.S. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

November 4, 2010 | Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum
The U.S. State Department has notified Congress of the biggest arms sale in American history – a $60 billion purchase by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Totally offensive in nature, the package, with its attack planes, helicopters, and “bunker-buster” bombs, was clearly designed to deter Iran.
The Phalcon Sale to China: The Lessons for Israel

The Phalcon Sale to China: The Lessons for Israel

March 1, 2002 | Prof. Jonathan Adelman
The Israeli decision, under intense American pressure, to cancel the sale of the Phalcon Airborne Early Warning System to China during the Camp David summit in July 2000 threatens to be a major foreign policy debacle for Israel. What was once a promising Israeli endeavor to develop strategic and lucrative commercial relations with a rising great power now lies in tatters.