Saudi Arabia and the Arab Spring: Reshaping Saudi Security DoctrineYahya Al-Zahrani
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — I never thought I’d live long enough to write this sentence: The most significant reform process underway anywhere in the Middle East today is in Saudi Arabia. Yes, you read that right. Though I came here at the start of Saudi winter, I found the country going ...
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Saudi Arabian foreign policy is often declared to be countering the possible democratic transitions of the Arab Spring. As such, Saudi Arabia has been cast as a "counter-revolutionary" force in the Middle East and North Africa. This article explores the extent to which this has been the case...
After years of open hostility, Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed last week to restore diplomatic ties after talks facilitated by China -- a significant development for the two nations and a boon to the security and stability of the Middle East. ...
The author contends that the Arab Spring has provided an opening for the Gulf Cooperation Council as a group and for Saudi Arabia as a long-time aspiring leader of the Arab world to try to expand their regional influence and global profile. An already weakened Arab state system, he argues,...
Saudi Arabia - Persian Gulf War, Aftermath: Saudi political leadership was challenged when Iraq, after having rejected attempted Saudi mediation, reasserted its earlier claims and invaded neighboring Kuwait on August 2, 1990, precipitating the Persian Gu
May was dressing as other world leaders do when they visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Continue Reading On the “Arab Spring”: Thinking Beyond the Moment (III) ByGuestonMarch 28, 2014inFeature,Loon-at-large What changed and looking ahead to the uncertain future. ...
Despite sharing many of the socio-economic and political problems that led to revolutions in other Arab states, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia experienced little unrest, a fact many in the West attributed to the Kingdom€s closed political system. The absolute monarchy has been viewed as thwarting...
Turkey and Saudi Arabia have been at loggerheads since the 2011 "Arab Spring" over Ankara's support for Islamist political groups. The 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate escalated tensions sharply. Othaim Markets, Danube Supermarkets, Tamimi ...