Arabia SaudíUn coloso con los pies de barro

  1. Eugenia López-Jacoiste Díaz 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Navarra
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    Universidad de Navarra

    Pamplona, España

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Revista:
Revista UNISCI / UNISCI Journal

ISSN: 2386-9453

Año de publicación: 2021

Título del ejemplar: Crisis y reconfiguración en Oriente Medio y El Cáucaso

Número: 57

Páginas: 101-148

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.31439/UNISCI-123 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista UNISCI / UNISCI Journal

Resumen

The political-religious foundation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is Wahhabism that marks its identity, society and politics. The Al Saud dynasty defends and expands Sunni Islam in the region and beyond its borders. In order to understand the interests and objectives of Saudi foreign policy, this article analyzes the main geopolitical elements at the service of the stability and hegemony of the Al Saud house in the most turbulent region of the Middle East. The Saudi government is developing a foreign policy, unsuspected in the past, to maintain its historic alliance with Washington, despite the ups and downs, and to transform the old rivalries between Riyadh and Tehran into new opportunities, including with Israel. This change in Saudi foreign policy is due to the controversial Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman who knows how to take advantage of the changing regional geopolitics and Saudi financial instruments, but also the military and technological in favor of a more proactive and modern Saudi Arabia, despite his weaknesses.

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