Syria And Saudi Arabia: Collaboration And Conflicts In The Oil Era (library Of International Relations)
by Sonoko Sunayama /
2007 / English / PDF
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The nature of the relationship between Syria and Saudi Arabia
during the oil era poses many questions for the commentators
and analysts of inter-Arab politics during this period. Why
have these two states pursued mutually conflicting aims in
almost every major regional or international foreign policy
issue? Why, over the course of the past thirty years, have they
often propagated contrasting ideological banners while both
acting as though some form of an alignment existed between
them? Here Sonoko Sunayama explores the apparent paradox behind
this longstanding relationship and argues that what ultimately
makes Saudis and Syrians so indispensable to each other is the
perception and the historical appeal of 'shared identities', be
they Arabism or Islam.
The nature of the relationship between Syria and Saudi Arabia
during the oil era poses many questions for the commentators
and analysts of inter-Arab politics during this period. Why
have these two states pursued mutually conflicting aims in
almost every major regional or international foreign policy
issue? Why, over the course of the past thirty years, have they
often propagated contrasting ideological banners while both
acting as though some form of an alignment existed between
them? Here Sonoko Sunayama explores the apparent paradox behind
this longstanding relationship and argues that what ultimately
makes Saudis and Syrians so indispensable to each other is the
perception and the historical appeal of 'shared identities', be
they Arabism or Islam.
