Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy: Conflict and Cooperation

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Mohammed bin Salman's purge of prominent figures, and his stated campaign to modernise and reform Saudi Arabia's laws and economy, have encountered both support and opposition globally and domestically. The Kingdom's potential to engage more effectively in the international community remains challenged by its political incapacity and its regional competition with Iran, including the Saudi-led war in Yemen. In this examination of Saudi Arabia's foreign policy, Gulf expert Neil Partrick and other analysts address the Kingdom's relations with established and emergent global powers, and with other important states across four continents. The book also investigates how factors from identity politics to the prospect of Iranian nuclear weapons determine Saudi foreign policy. As countries and companies battle for advantage in a changing international order, an understanding of the Kingdom is more important than ever. For students of the Middle East and international relations, this book provides indispensable insight into Saudi Arabia's engagement with its region and the world.

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As a well-written, insightful and deeply analytical endeavour, Partrick's book can and should be considered the seminal text on Saudi foreign policy.--Ben Rich, The Interpreter, Lowy Institute
It offers the sort of detailed survey and assessment of bilateral relations between the Kingdom and key players in the regional and global system that has not thus far been available elsewhere.--Dr. Gerd Nonneman, Journal of Arabian Studies
Terrific... It fills a yawning gap in the literature on the strategic equation in the Middle East and in terms of Saudi foreign policy in particular... We owe Mr Partrick a big debt of gratitude.--Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar, Arabian Gulf Studies Institute in Washington

Author Bio

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