Oil policy, policy toward the United States, policy toward Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, very unlikely, I think, to see significant change. These policies were the policies that had a wide family consensus. The question I think would be if the king becomes sick, whether you have weak Saudi leadership in the Arab world and the Middle East rather than strong Saudi leadership, but I think the fundamental policies will continue, the ones we’re familiar with under King Abdullah.

I want to be the first guy to reverse a communist revolution.

What does 'politicizing intelligence' mean? Using intel, or more often, partial intel, to produce an effect in line with White House policies rather than giving a full picture of a particular situation.

On taking office in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama put Israeli settlements at the center of U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

Syria's population is 74% Sunni Muslim.

There are examples of fraternal dictatorships, or one, anyway: the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro.