Robert Mason (Non-Resident Fellow, Gulf Research Center; Non-Resident Fellow, AGSIW) is joined by Kristin Smith Diwan (Senior Resident Scholar, AGSIW) for a discussion on the foreign policies of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, hosted at The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW).
In his latest book, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Foreign policy and strategic alliances in an uncertain world, Robert Mason explores the impact of regime type and leadership style on the foreign policies of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Mason examines how both countries’ “Vision” strategies point to broadening economic relations as a great enhancer of economic power and how autonomy and influence, threat perception, and alliance patterns are folded into the economic statecraft that sits at the core of their international relations.
Published in the Identities and Geopolitics in the Middle East series.