Is Saudi Arabia’s Grand Strategy Shifting? – OrientalReview.org
Even in this era of global paradigmatic changes, Saudi Arabia’s
shifting grand strategy is perhaps one of the most surprising
developments to occur thus far, but the fast-moving Russian-Saudi
rapprochement is likely to provoke an Iranian “zero-sum” reaction which
could complicate Moscow’s multipolar efforts in managing the “New Middle
East”.
Vladimir Putin with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at the official
greeting ceremony, Moscow, October 5, 2017 (Photo: kremlin.ru)
