Saudi Arabia on the Edge: The Uncertain Future of an American Ally by Lippman, Thomas W.
Saudi Arabia on the Edge: The Uncertain Future of an American Ally by Lippman, Thomas W.

Saudi Arabia on the Edge: The Uncertain Future of an American Ally

Of all the countries in the world that are vital to the strategic and economic interests of...
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Author: Thomas W. Lippman
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Saudi Arabia on the Edge: The Uncertain Future of an American Ally by Lippman, Thomas W.

Saudi Arabia on the Edge: The Uncertain Future of an American Ally

CHF 43.77
Saudi Arabia on the Edge: The Uncertain Future of an American Ally by Lippman, Thomas W.

Saudi Arabia on the Edge: The Uncertain Future of an American Ally

CHF 43.77
Author: Thomas W. Lippman
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Of all the countries in the world that are vital to the strategic and economic interests of the United States, Saudi Arabia is the least understood by the American people. Saudi Arabia's unique place in Islam makes it indispensable to a constructive relationship between the non-Muslim West and the Muslim world. For all its wealth, the country faces daunting challenges that it lacks the tools to meet: a restless and young population, a new generation of educated women demanding opportunities in a closed society, political stagnation under an octogenarian leadership, religious extremism and intellectual backwardness, social division, chronic unemployment, shortages of food and water, and troublesome neighbors.

Today's Saudi people, far better informed than all previous generations, are looking for new political institutions that will enable them to be heard, but these aspirations conflict with the kingdom's strict traditions and with the House of Saud's determination to retain all true power. Meanwhile, the country wishes to remain under the protection of American security but still clings to a system that is antithetical to American values.

Basing his work on extensive interviews and field research conducted in the kingdom from 2008 through 2011 under the auspices of the Council on Foreign Relations, Thomas W. Lippman dissects this central Saudi paradox for American readers, including diplomats, policymakers, scholars, and students of foreign policy.


Author: Thomas W. Lippman
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 01/01/2012
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781597976886


Review Citation(s):
New York Review of Books 01/10/2013 pg. 37

About the Author
Lippman, Thomas W.: - Thomas W. Lippman, a former Middle East bureau chief for the Washington Post, is an award-winning journalist who has written about Middle Eastern affairs and American foreign policy for more than three decades. He is a former adjunct senior fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations and an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington. The author of five previously published books on the Middle East and diplomacy, Lippman has appeared frequently on national television and radio. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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