{"id":6626,"date":"2024-03-31T17:19:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T17:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=6626"},"modified":"2024-03-31T17:21:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T17:21:28","slug":"a-tough-nut-to-crack-rebalancing-the-us-saudi-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=6626","title":{"rendered":"A Tough Nut to Crack: Rebalancing the US-Saudi Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6626\" class=\"elementor elementor-6626\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-383737f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"383737f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2734e8c\" data-id=\"2734e8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a43b4f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a43b4f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/arabcenterdc.org\/staff_members\/charles-w-dunne\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Charles W. Dunne<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Affiliation:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/arabcenterdc.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arab Center, Washington DC<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/arabcenterdc.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arab Center Washington DC<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> June 2, 2021\/USA<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Analysis<\/span><\/p><p><b>Word Count: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2288<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link:<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/arabcenterdc.org\/policy_analyses\/a-tough-nut-to-crack-rebalancing-the-us-saudi-relationship\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> http:\/\/arabcenterdc.org\/policy_analyses\/a-tough-nut-to-crack-rebalancing-the-us-saudi-relationship\/<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Keywords: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rapprochement, New Directions, Human Rights, Muhammad bin Salman<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>Brief:\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Part of Biden\u2019s presidential campaign was opposing Trump\u2019s explicit support of authoritarianism, especially the support shown to the Saudis. Though the post-election US approach to Saudi Arabia hasn\u2019t been as drastic as it was hoped by some, the current state of affairs is the product of a transactional relation. The Saudis are insecure with America\u2019s shift to the Indo-Pacific and the US shifting approaches to the Iranian issue as shown by Trump. This has led them towards active diplomacy with Turkey, ending the Qatar embargo and having direct talks with Iranian officials. The somewhat unintended general rapprochement among Middle Eastern states became beneficial to the US, giving it the needed space to redirect resources somewhere else. The Biden administration has been lenient towards the Saudis but not inactive, avoiding personal relations by directly contacting King Salman and ending active support to the Yemeni war. A review of relations to ensure US\u2019 interests is necessary; it is to be balanced by consideration for human rights within the Kingdom, as well as reconsidering relations with Mohammad bin Salman. Workarounds are possible since Saudi Arabia depends on the US for its security and interests.<\/span><\/p><p><b>By: Omar Fili, CIGA Research Assistant<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Charles W. Dunne Affiliation: Arab Center, Washington DC Organization\/Publisher: Arab Center Washington DC Date\/Place: June 2, 2021\/USA Type of Literature: Analysis Word Count: 2288 Link: http:\/\/arabcenterdc.org\/policy_analyses\/a-tough-nut-to-crack-rebalancing-the-us-saudi-relationship\/ Keywords: Rapprochement, New Directions, Human Rights, Muhammad bin Salman Brief:\u00a0 Part of Biden\u2019s presidential campaign was opposing Trump\u2019s explicit support of authoritarianism, especially the support shown to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-arabian-peninsula"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship.jpg",800,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship-768x384.jpg",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship.jpg",800,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship.jpg",800,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship.jpg",800,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["CIGA Staff"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=40\" rel=\"category\">Arabian Peninsula<\/a>","tag_info":"Arabian Peninsula","comment_count":"0","rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship.jpg",800,400,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship.jpg",800,400,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship.jpg",800,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship.jpg",800,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship.jpg",800,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Tough-Nut-to-Crack-Rebalancing-the-US-Saudi-Relationship.jpg",800,400,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"CIGA Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?author=22"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=40\" rel=\"category\">Arabian Peninsula<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Author: Charles W. 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