POLI 341 Chapter 9: Chapter 9 - Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia
17 Feb 2012
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Chapter 9 fpmes : the foreign policy of saudi arabia. It is military weak compared to its regional neighbours, yet it has the largest economy in term of gdp in the arab world. The fundamental goal of saudi foreign policy is to protect the country from foreign domination and to safeguard the domestic stability of the al saud regime. Saudi fp is one tool among many to secure the ruling elite and build the saudi state. However, the pursuit of these goals is rarely clear-cut because saudi foreign policy must operate on different levels simultaneously: 1- the international level , dominated by the saudi strategic alliance with the u. s and the. 2- the middle east regional level, where saudi arabia plays a balancing game among larger and more powerful neighbors; 3- the arabian peninsula level, where saudi arabia asserts a hegemonic role vis vis.
