Scientific journal on culture of diplomacy studies

Scientific journal on culture of diplomacy studies

The Impact of Economic Factors on Saudi Arabia's Interventionism in the Middle East (2001-2020)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Kharazmi University.
2 Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies.
3 Master of Political Science from Kharazmi University.
Abstract
Saudi Arabia has a rich income from oil and fossil fuels, and these financial resources have greatly impacted its policies, especially in its intervention in other countries in the Middle East. Of course, various factors and reasons can be considered for Saudi interventionism, but in this article, the aim is to examine the impact of economic factors on Saudi interventionism. The question is what effect Saudi Arabia's economic factors have had on its interventionism in other Middle Eastern countries? In answer to this question, it is assumed that there has been a direct relationship between the changing state of economic factors and the type and extent of Saudi intervention in other Middle Eastern countries. Library and statistical studies in a comparative context in this article clearly show that Saudi Arabia's financial resources and economic orientations are directly related to its political goals to pursue a policy of becoming the region's top power. In fact, the policy of Saudi interventionism has been affected by the economic conditions of this country, and how much the economic growth of this country has gone through a positive trend and the financial resources and capital of Saudi Arabia have increased, its interventionism and influence in the target countries has become faster and has spread more.
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