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Russia-Saudi Arabia Relations: Geopolitical Rivalry and the Conditions of Pragmatic Rapproachment
Author(s)
Elnur Hasan Mikail, Cavit Emre Aytekin
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DOI:10.17265/1537-1514/2016.09.004
Affiliation(s)
Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey
ABSTRACT
This study examines various
aspects of geopolitical rivalry and pragmatic rapproachment moments during the
history of relationship between Russia and Saudi Arabia, or the Gulf states in
general. In this study, the course of that relationship is considered as the
hidden determinative the geopolitical struggles of Middle-East region and also
the Russian Middle-East policies. In order to catch the course and progress of
Russia-Saudi Arabia relations, this
paper includes important historical events related with the Middle-East and Russia’s positions
in this region occured after the end of the cold war. In this study, the
impacts of Russia-Saudi Arabia relationship on the Russian foreign policy and
the region are examined through presenting a brief history since the cold war
era, and today’s conditions especially in current issues such as energy market,
oil prices, and the Syria conflict. The
main aim of this study was to explain how Russia-Saudi Arabia relations have
been affected global-level developments such as the effects of 9/11 attacks,
US’s war on terror doctrine,
Afghanistan and Iraq intervention, the Arab Spring, and the Russian involvement
in Syria in September 2015 and what are the conditions of rapproachment and
conflict in the dynamic nature of Middle-East politics.
KEYWORDS
Russia-Saudi Arabia Relations, Russia’s middle east policy, pragmatic geopolitical rivalry, rapproachment
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