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Bilal Y. Saab

Mr. Saab is a senior fellow and founding director of the Defense and Security Program at the Middle East Institute.

This article describes Saudi Arabia's historic and arduous journey to national-defense transformation, launched around 2015. It analyzes the challenges and opportunities of defense reform in the kingdom while highlighting the role of the United States in this process. Last, the article discusses the future of US-Saudi defense relations.

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