Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 10/2009

Who Will Be the Next King of Saudi Arabia... And Does It Matter?

Robert Jordan, Simon Henderson

July 2009

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

On July 13, 2009, Ambassador Robert Jordan and Simon Henderson addressed a special Policy Forum luncheon at The Washington Institute to discuss succession in Saudi Arabia and the challenges it could pose for the United States. Simon Henderson is the Baker fellow and director of the Gulf and Energy Policy Program at The Washington Institute. His most recent Policy Focus, After King Abdullah: Succession in Saudi Arabia, will be released this month. Robert Jordan is a former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, where he was posted shortly after the September 11 terror attacks.