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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Middle East hegemony
September 30, 20206:00 p.m.
ONLINE
Casa Árabe’s YouTube channel
6:00 p.m.
In Spanish.
On Wednesday, September 30, we will be presenting this book by David
Hernández Martínez, a researcher at the TEIM, on our YouTube channel.
The presentation will be broadcast at 6:00 p.m., and the event will be moderated by Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe’s International Relations Coordinator.
Saudi Arabia is one of the most important political, religious and economic centers in the Middle East. Since 1932, the country has been under the control of the House of Saud, which attempts to convey an image of leadership throughout the region. However, the profound transformations occurring in the area since the Arab Spring of 2011 have created sizeable impediments to the full development of Saudi Arabia’s international policy. King Salman and Prince Mohammed bin Salman are introducing important changes into the foreign and domestic affairs of the kingdom, with a focus on consolidating their hegemonic position vis-à-vis Iran and other surrounding powers. Analyzing the historical changes that have taken place in the Wahhabi State serves to better understand the major events that have marked the Arab and Muslim world in recent decades. The Saudi Arabian crown must deal with a complex domestic and regional setting, in which each action taken may to a great extent determine the regime’s survival and the kingdom’s strength on the world stage.
David Hernández Martínez is a researcher at the the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid’s International Mediterranean Studies Workshop (TEIM). He is a contributor and analyst for El Orden Mundial (The World Order). A member of the Spanish Association of Security and Defense Graduates (ADESyD) with a PhD in International Relations from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, he completed a research stay at the Middle East Centre of the London School of Economics and Political Science. His areas of research revolve around sociopolitical dynamics in the Mediterranean and Middle East.
Saudi Arabia is one of the most important political, religious and economic centers in the Middle East. Since 1932, the country has been under the control of the House of Saud, which attempts to convey an image of leadership throughout the region. However, the profound transformations occurring in the area since the Arab Spring of 2011 have created sizeable impediments to the full development of Saudi Arabia’s international policy. King Salman and Prince Mohammed bin Salman are introducing important changes into the foreign and domestic affairs of the kingdom, with a focus on consolidating their hegemonic position vis-à-vis Iran and other surrounding powers. Analyzing the historical changes that have taken place in the Wahhabi State serves to better understand the major events that have marked the Arab and Muslim world in recent decades. The Saudi Arabian crown must deal with a complex domestic and regional setting, in which each action taken may to a great extent determine the regime’s survival and the kingdom’s strength on the world stage.
David Hernández Martínez is a researcher at the the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid’s International Mediterranean Studies Workshop (TEIM). He is a contributor and analyst for El Orden Mundial (The World Order). A member of the Spanish Association of Security and Defense Graduates (ADESyD) with a PhD in International Relations from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, he completed a research stay at the Middle East Centre of the London School of Economics and Political Science. His areas of research revolve around sociopolitical dynamics in the Mediterranean and Middle East.
