Leslie Vinjamuri

The announcement comes in the face of mounting Houthi attacks against the kingdom.

We got reaction from Leslie Vinjamuri, president and CEO of the Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs.

The instability, the risk, the attacks, um, and the desire by those in the region to manage the escalation and to deescalate, uh, is considerable, but the US is not seen right now as a credible partner in, in helping that deescalation.

Leslie Vinjamuri with the Chicago Council appeared on Bloomberg Television.

Last year, the FII generated more than $50 billion in investment agreements for Saudi Arabia.

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He's a longtime journalist who has traveled across the world and across the United States to cover politics and foreign policy.

I'm Leslie Vinjamuri, president and CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and welcome to Deep Dish.

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