Abstract

This paper considers a new book written to analyze the religious-national quest of KSA through a SWOT model. The analysis discusses issues of oil, regional alliances, international position, instability of the royal family fragile demography, terror threats and Sunni-Shi’a rivalry. All of it relates to the formatting of a Wahhabi-family nationalism. The book is a Bernard Lewis prize winner for 2022.

Presenters

Gadi Hitman
associate professor; head of MECARC (Middle East and Central Asia Research Center, Middle East and Political Science, Ariel University, Israel

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Narratives and Identity

KEYWORDS

Saudi Arabia, Wahhabi religious-nationalism approach, Mohammad bin Salman

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