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Carter's successor, President Ronald Reagan, extended the policy in October 1981 with what is sometimes called the " Reagan Corollary to the Carter Doctrine ", which proclaimed that the United States would intervene to protect Saudi Arabia, whose security was threatened after the outbreak of the Iran – Iraq War.

Thus, while the Carter Doctrine warned away outside forces from the region, the Reagan Corollary pledged to secure internal stability.

According to diplomat Howard Teicher, " with the enunciation of the Reagan Corollary, the policy ground work was laid for Operation Desert Storm.

" Some analysts have argued that the implementation of the Carter Doctrine and the Reagan Corollary also played a role in the outbreak of the 2003 Iraq War.