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Arabia Saudí: un gigante con pies de petróleo. Dinámicas internas y retos regionales

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El 16 de enero fue publicado por Fundación Alternativas mi Estudio 'Arabia Saudí: un gigante con pies de petróleo. Dinámicas internas y retos regionales'. Podéis consultarlo en este vínculo.

Resumen:

A pesar del creciente papel que desempeña en Oriente Próximo, Arabia Saudí sigue siendo un gran desconocido. Poco se sabe de este reino, más allá de ciertos lugares comunes repetidos con frecuencia relativos a su riqueza energética, su inquebrantable alianza con Estados Unidos o su patrocino del islam wahabí. En el curso de los últimos años, Arabia Saudí ha afianzado su centralidad en el sistema árabe y ha puesto en marcha una política cada vez más intervencionista en una región sumida en una inestabilidad crónica. El propósito de este documento de trabajo es precisamente abordar su situación doméstica (la alianza entre los Saud y el wahabismo, las reformas económicas, los cambios demográficos, las tendencias autoritarias y los retos securitarios) y su anclaje regional (la relación con Occidente, su rivalidad con Irán, su reacción ante la Primavera Árabe y su papel en los conflictos regionales que sacuden Oriente Próximo).

El documento ha sido mencionado en los siguientes medios:

'¿Hasta dónde puede aguantar Arabia Saudí?', publicado el 16 enero 2017 por Iñigo Sáenz de Ugarte en El Diario

'Arabia Saudí, segundo cliente de la industria militar española en una relación que empezó con el franquismo', publicado el 16 de enero 2017 en El Economista

'España da por hecha la venta de cinco corbetas a Arabia Saudí tras la visita del Rey', publicado por Miguel Gonzalez el 16 de enero de 2017 en el Pais

'Arabia Saudí es el segundo cliente de la industria militar española', publicado el 16 de enero 2017 en La Vanguardia







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