Saudi Arabi An Arab Nation

The Saudi Arabia history dated back to the early biblical days. Saudi Arabia has the land mass that covers two million square miles and the residents of this country of twenty six million people. The Islam religion has started in Saudi Arabia where the two holy areas are in Mecca and Medina mosques. Saudi Arabia has the world oil reserved that consist of seventeen percent. Ibn Saud was the first Saudi King back in 1932 when was the Kingdom was founded.

In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is the largest arid country (Al-Ibrahim, 1991). The country covers some 80 percent of the Arabian Peninsula (Al-Hamzi, 1992). The area of Saudi Arabia is 2.25 million square kilometers, equivalent (1.4) million square miles (Batayneh, 2012). The total number population in Saudi Arabia is 25.7 million (Al-Shayaa et al., 2012). Saudi Arabia climate is broiling in the summer and chilly in the winter, and Saudi Arabia does not have well-defined season. In addition, Saudi Arabia is waterless country, and it does not have rivers or lakes (Al-Shayaa et al., 2012).

The current relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia is contentious and competitive, however it can be said that it has improved since the twentieth century when the two countries engaged in direct conflict. The two countries have a very similar political agenda, which they use religion and faith to fulfill. They use the rally around the flag concept in order to strengthen their political agendas through their religious beliefs. The idea of a Sunni/Shitte divide is not as immense within the country, but there is one. Saudi Arabia is more of a

The United States relationship with Saudi Arabia is one that begun on February 14, 1945 when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt met King Al-Saud at the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal. After World War II the United States became the most influential foreign power in Saudi Arabia. US’s main interest was focused in the direction of the oil industry. Then in 1960 Saudi Arabia was one of the main driving forces in the creation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). During the Cold War, Saudis favored the United States while the two also continued to but heads over the issue concerning the ever present Israeli-Arab conflict. Americas constant support for Israel has, and will continue to be an issue that brings about confrontation between the Saudis and the United States. Foreign relation ties never were as intense as they were during the Persian Gulf War. Iraq's invasion of Kuwait posed a potential threat to the Saudis provoking the United States to intervene. The Saudis allowed the United States to have access to their bases during this time. Since that time, our troops have remained there which is something that has led to much controversy because many Islamist believe that we our occupying their holy land. This has sparked many extremist to take action, most notably Osama Bin Laden who used this reasoning to justify the horrors of 9/11. Post 9/11 opened a new chapter to US-Saudi

a. Sub-point A: Mecca a city in western Saudi Arabia, an oasis town in the Red Sea region of Hejaz, east of Jeddah, considered by Muslims to be the holiest city of Islam. It was the birthplace in ad 570 of the prophet Muhammad, and was the scene of his early teachings before his emigration to Medina in 622. Today, more than 15 million Muslims visit Mecca annually, including several million during the few days of the Hajj.

the Saudi women go through some horrible consequences. Girls are being drowned in a swimming pool for disgracing the family and not only this some of them are getting stoned to death,being raped by their cruel husbands is now becoming common in Saudi Arabia.polygamy is also being practiced their

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country with a history of political dynamic. It was

Another country like Saudi Arabia with vast amounts of oil is Iraq. However Iraq is not just about the oil. It is also about water ways and geopolitics. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flows through Iraq. Giving Iraq the majority of control of the water resource. Iraq’s location is also desirable to the United States. It borders Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey. It also has a coast line of the Persian gulf. Their location is also missile sticking distance to Israel and the USSR. Controlling Iraq gives the United States the ability in “controlling” the Middle East. However the United States was not able to coerced Iraq into being a pawn. Saddam Hussein refused the proposals of the economic hit-man. For Saddam Hussein, this was the begin of his demise.

Saudi Arabia, officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is an Arab state in Western Asia. With a land area of about 830,000 sq. mi, Saudi Arabia is geographically the second-largest state in the Arab world. The new kingdom was one of the poorest countries in the world. Until in 1938, oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia and it provided them with a good economy and political importance internationally.

In the last decades the Arabian Gulf countries has undergone tremendous changes at all levels. Write a 10 up to 15 pages assay to highlights the major changes; explain what the drivers behind these changes were, show how these changes occurred and how they impacted societies. Conclude by giving a personal opinion on how these changes were conducted.

In Saudi Arabia, the majority of the population identify as Sunnis while twenty-five percent of the population identify as Shia. The Sunni-Shia relations in Saudi Arabia are critical to the outcome of the Arab Springs in Saudi Arabia. The Shias being the minority of Saudi Arabia are known for facing higher levels of discrimination, poverty and oppression. When protests began in Saudi Arabia, it was mainly the Shias protesting. This Sunni-Shia divide is one of the major causes of the constant conflict that has defined the Middle East for almost a century now. The two countries most defined by this sectarian divide is Shiite Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia. Many of the conflicts between the Sunni and Shia sect in other countries have been a result of the proxy wars between these two nations. Syria is a good example of the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran because Saudi Arabia has provided funding to the Syrian rebel groups who are made up Sunnis, while Iran has been providing support for the Assad regime who are

This unitary Islamic absolute monarchy “possesses 18 per cent of the world’s proven petroleum reserves and ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum” (OPEC, 2015), also is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The oil production is responsible for about 50% of the Gross Domestic Product, and about 85% of export earnings (OPEC). Although it is the world’s greatest exporter, its GDP per capita is only $24,454. Saudi Arabia ranks weakly on the Human Development Index as number 59 of the 182 states in the world, and it is only number 8 between the other MENA countries. Although Saudi Arabia’s elite is very wealthy and large, a great portion of the population barely receives profits from the state's wealth. It is ranked as not free relating to civil liberties and also ranked as suffering hard from corruption. Also, the political parties in Saudi Arabia are banned, and political organizations that oppose may only exist outside the country (Freedom House, 2015). Even before the discovery of oil, the family that was in power depended on the merchants of Jeddah, a Saudi Arabian city, to collect their taxes. When oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia, that is when the country started to develop, just like the United Arab Emirates. It can be said that if a country has strong institutions, stable economy, and a flexible political system, they

The Hawk system was the first system purchased from the United States. By 1990, the Patriot system was ordered by the Saudi Arabian military. The Gulf War was a major realization that air defense considerations are an absolute necessity while battle planning. In 1990 during the Gulf War, Saudi Arabia accepted the Kuwaiti royal family and 400,000 refugees while allowing Coalition and Arab troops to deploy on its soil for the liberation of Kuwait. After the completion of Operation Desert Storm the presence of foreign troops became a source of tension between the royal family and the public. Operational United States troops remained in the country until 2003

To be able to understand the prevailing situation in the Saudi system, it is essential to scrutinize different elements of Saudi Arabian history. Amongst the dominant paradigms patriarchy is a legacy of tribal history. Before the advent of Islam, Saudi Arabia was well-known as the “Jahiliyya” that is the ‘age of ignorance’. During this era, there was an absence of political structure with proper constitution. The societal constructions depended primarily on the tribal communities which embodied several clans. The leader of each tribe was called a ‘Sheikh’ who was selected according to their physical strength and character and he had absolute authority over every individual.

     In the heart of the Middle East is a country known by many Westerners for its oil production and, often, extremist beliefs of groups within the country. The country is Saudi Arabia, and though it is thought of by many as a rather backward country, Saudi Arabia has a rich history and culture, and it is a country that revolves around Islam and the worship of Allah as the one true God.