Date of Award
2014
Document Type
Honors Project
University Scholars Director
Dr. Jeff Keuss
First Advisor/Committee Member
Reed Davis
Second Advisor/Committee Member
Bradley Murg
Keywords
United States, foreign policy, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, neoclassical realism, critical juncture theory
Abstract
This research discusses the importance of the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia and how this relationship has influenced and shaped U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. The relationship is framed by the international relations theory of neoclassical realism and the institutions theory of critical junctures. Through this framework, a historical and political case study is performed, analyzing the antithesis that the relationship has continued throughout history because of economic interests and oil. This paper discusses the alternative hypotheses and the other factors that have played an important role in U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, and the factors that have played an important role in shaping the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Recommended Citation
Baalke, Caitlin, "A Political and Historic Analysis of the Relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia: how the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has influenced U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East" (2014). Honors Projects. 25.
https://digitalcommons.spu.edu/honorsprojects/25
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Comments
A project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the University Scholars Program.