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Saudi Arabia stares down Trump whiplash on nuclear deal

Headline from Myarklamiss, on the newest of 2 developments

Saudi Arabia is sending no signals it will accept President Trump’s after-the-fact condition that Riyadh establish ties with Israel as part of a nuclear energy deal with the United States. In fact, its leaders haven’t even conceded that the deal signed last week is off.

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  1. The Saudi Nuclear Deal Invites Disaster

    Headline from The Righting ·

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    Saudi Arabia stares down Trump whiplash on nuclear deal

    Headline from Myarklamiss ·

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  1. Fox News

    WATCH: Democrats blast Trump Saudi nuclear deal as GOP touts regional alliance (opens Fox News)

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    Democrats warn the Saudi Arabia nuclear deal could spark a Middle East arms race, while Republicans stress the need for regional partnership.

  2. The Guardian

    The Guardian view on a US-Saudi nuclear agreement: an offer that further erodes international safeguards | Editorial (opens The Guardian)

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    Even if no reactors are built, Donald Trump’s announcement of a double-standards deal with Riyadh has wrought further damage in a new era of proliferation Even as he threatened to escalate an unlawful war sold in part as preventing Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, Donald Trump opened the door to …

  3. The Righting

    The Saudi Nuclear Deal Invites Disaster (opens The Righting)

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    Allowing Riyadh to enrich uranium would open the door to proliferation in the Middle East and beyond.

  4. Washington Examiner

    A Saudi nuclear deal worth making (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The Trump administration’s decision to help Saudi Arabia develop a nuclear enrichment program has set off a firestorm. But with the right set of conditions, it could advance American interests in the Middle East.

  5. The Righting

    Trump Is Right: Give Saudi Arabia Nuclear Tech Before China Does (opens The Righting)

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    The announcement of the proposed U.S. agreement to help build Saudi Arabia’s civilian nuclear energy program indicates that […]

  6. The Conversation US

    US-Saudi nuclear deal invites proliferation risks … unless safeguards are written in (opens The Conversation US)

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    The Conversation US's feed description

    Enrichment is key to any country’s nuclear ambitions. The US-Saudi deal is unclear where matters rest on that issue.

  7. Foreign Policy

    Trump’s Saudi Nuclear Deal Is Diplomatic Malpractice (opens Foreign Policy)

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    The pact would erase decades of U.S. counterproliferation policy.

  8. Myarklamiss

    Saudi Arabia stares down Trump whiplash on nuclear deal (opens Myarklamiss)

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    Saudi Arabia is sending no signals it will accept President Trump’s after-the-fact condition that Riyadh establish ties with Israel as part of a nuclear energy deal with the United States. In fact, its leaders haven’t even conceded that the deal signed last week is off.

  9. CBS News

    Former Defense Department official warns U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal "invites disaster" (opens CBS News)

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    In a new Wall Street Journal op-ed, former Defense Department official Matthew Kroenig warns of the potential consequences of President Trump's nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia. Kroenig joins "The Takeout" to discuss further.

  10. The Dispatch

    With the Saudi Deal, Trump Risks Aiding and Abetting a Nuclear Arms Race (opens The Dispatch)

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    The agreement appears poised to upend Washington’s decades-long nonproliferation strategy.

  11. Vox

    Trump’s Saudi nuclear deal is making Israel uneasy (opens Vox)

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    Last week, the Trump administration announced a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. The deal would allow the kingdom to develop nuclear power using American technology and could eventually pave the way for uranium enrichment on Saudi soil.

  12. Oil Price

    Why Did Trump Just Give Saudi Arabia the Fast Track to a Nuclear Weapon? (opens Oil Price)

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    At the beginning of Donald Trump’s first term as U.S. President in 2017, a senior White House official commented off-the-record to OilPrice.com that: “We’re not going to put up with any more crap from the Saudis.

  13. War on the Rocks

    Parsing Trump’s Decision to (Maybe) Give Uranium Enrichment to Saudi Arabia (opens War on the Rocks)

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    On June 22, the United States announced that it had signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. This type of agreement broadly authorizes trade in nuclear technology, equipment, and materials, but only if the agreement and the country in question meet defined nonproliferation requireme…

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