Saudi Arabia and the USA

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Discusses impact of 9/11 on relations of the two countries. Common interests. Military threats and security. Role of oil. Background of U.S./ Saudi relations. Geopolitics of Saudi Arabia. The Gulf War. Role of Saudi Arabia in the Islamic world. Desire ot Saudi Arabia to balance power in the Gulf.
Wahhabism. Osama bin Laden.

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"Saudi Arabia and the United States Since Stptember 11, 2001
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The United States has few more important partners in its war against terrorism than the kingdom of Saudi Arabia - the most important oil-producing nation in the world, with twenty-five percent of known world oil reserves. Even more than during the Persian Gulf war when Saudi Arabia was directly threatened by Iraq, this new campaign will test the political, economic and military ties that have made America and Saudi Arabia uneasy allies (New York Times, 2001, 28).


In the most basic terms, the common interests of the two countries boil down to U.S. access to a steady flow of oil in exchange for guaranteed security for Saudi Arabia from external military threats. There is a secondary American interest: over the..."

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