Shadi Hamid is director of research for the Brookings Doha Center and a fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings. His research focuses on Islamist political parties and democratic reform in the Arab world. Prior to joining Brookings, he was director of research at the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and a Hewlett Fellow at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/shadi-hamid/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Shadi Hamid https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/11/25/to-win-arab-trust-on-iran-washington-should-broaden-scope-of-final-deal https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/11/25/to-win-arab-trust-on-iran-washington-should-broaden-scope-of-final-deal For Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, this was never really about Iran’s nuclear program. They will judge the interim deal on the basis of whether it strengthens Iran’s regional position — which it almost certainly will.