saudi arabia s foreign policy warning the kingdom take additional measures if they continue to escalate tensions in the region. what the ongoing feud means for the u.s., former white house middle east advisor, ambassador ginsburg, talk about what this means for the region in particular for u.s. efforts coordinate ig the u.s. response to try to take out isis. good morning. well, you have essentially the two sunni and shiite super powers, saudi arabia being the super sunni power, and iran being the super shiite power, fighting a variety of proxy wars against each other in the middle east, in yemen, in syria, in lebanon, in iraq. so you have essentially a wave of violence in militant islam on both sides of the ideological and sectarian divide struggling for region al superior or the i