Publication

This paper discusses Saudi Arabia’s reactions to the recent revolutions in the Middle East, the uprisings' effects on Riyadh's neighbors, and the impact political turmoil might have on the long-term stability of the Persian Gulf. The paper's characterization of the Saudi leadership’s worldview, incidentally, is a familiar one – i.e., Shiite protests in the Gulf are attributable to Iranian perfidy, which then requires a 'carrots and sticks' security policy at home and preserving the authoritarian status quo in neighboring states.