Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy: Conflict and Cooperation

As the only oil producer with sufficient spare capacity to shape the world economy, Saudi Arabia is one of the most significant states in twenty-first century geopolitics. Despite the enormous potential for Saudi Arabia to play a more robust regional and international role, the Kingdom faces serious internal and external challenges in the form of political incapacity and competition with states such as Iran. In this examination of Saudi Arabia's foreign policy, Gulf expert Neil Partrick, and other regional analysts, address the Kingdom's relations in the Middle East and wider Islamic world, and its engagement with both established and emergent global powers. In doing so, he analyses the factors, ranging from identity politics to Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons that determine the Kingdom's foreign policy. As Saudi Arabia prepares for a generational shift brought about by an ageing leadership, the rapidly changing balance of power in the Middle East offers both great opportunity and great danger. For students of the Middle East and international relations, understanding Saudi Arabia's foreign policy and its engagement with the region and the world is more important than ever.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations Preface Part 1: The Internal Context 1. Domestic Factors and Foreign Policy by Neil Partrick 2.Islam and Identity in Foreign Policy by Menno Preuschaft 3. Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Oil by Neil Quilliam Part 2: Saudi Arabia's Foreign Relations 4. Saudi Arabia's Relations with Egypt by Neil Partrick 5. Saudi Arabia and the GCC States by Neil Partrick 6. Saudia Arabia and the Horn of Africa by Harry Verhoeven and Eckart Woertz 7. Saudi Arabia and Iran by Neil Partrick 8. Saudi Arabia and Iraq by Neil Partrick 9. Saudi Arabia's Relations with Israel and Palestine by Rene Rieger 10. Saudi Arabia and Jordan by neil Partrick 11. Saudi Arabia and the Maghreb by Mohammed El-Katiri 12. Saudi Arabia's Relations with Syria and Lebanon by Neil Partrick 13. Saudi Arabia and Turkey by Neil Partrick 14. Saudi Arabia and Yemen by Neil Partrick 15. Saudi Arabia and East Asia by Neil Partrick 16. Saudi Arabia's Relations with Indonesia by Yon Machmudi 17. Saudi Arabia's Relations with Malaysia by Mohd Fauzi Abu-Hussin and Mohd Afandi Salleh 18. Saudi Arabia's Relations with South East Asia by Robert Mason 19. Saudi Arabia and Europe by Neil Partrick 20. Saudi Arabia and Russia by Mark N. Katz 21. Saudi Arabia and the USA by Neil Partrick Conclusion Select Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Neil Partrick has contributed three papers to the Kuwait Gulf Programme at the LSE and writes extensively on the Gulf and Saudi Arabia, including for the Economist Group and Oxford Analytica. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the LSE