Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leveret say Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton reflect a hubristic version of reality . They also say Saudi foreign policy misunderstands the Islamic Republic 's national security strategy . By contrasting some regimes ' cooperation with the United States and Israel with its own posture of `` resistance '' to American and Israeli ambitions to regional hegemony , Tehran cultivates `` soft power '' across the Middle East . And that Saudi leadership is trying to push back by portraying Iran as an ` ` ##n '' , Shia / Persian , in its environment . The Obama Administration 's ` ` calls for more concerted action against Iran will ultimately fail ''
Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leveret say Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton reflect a hubristic version of reality . They also say Saudi foreign policy misunderstands the Islamic Republic 's national security strategy . And that Saudi leadership is trying to push back by portraying Iran as an ` ` ##n '' , Shia / Persian , in its environment . The Obama Administration 's ` ` calls for more concerted action against Iran will ultimately fail ''