Assessing the future of the U.S.-Saudi relationship

The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft invites you to a Zoom panel discussion about the future of U.S.-Saudi relations.

Saudi Arabia and the United States have had close ties for decades. The U.S.-Saudi relationship was built on a tacit quid pro quo of Saudi oil for America’s guarantee of security. However, the relationship has been challenged at various points by conflicting interests, including Saudi Arabia's recent oil price war with Russia, which harmed American shale oil producers and caused several U.S. politicians to call for a "rethink" of the relationship.

In the context of a possible post-oil future and an increasingly multipolar geopolitical order should the U.S. revise its relationship with Saudi Arabia? Would tougher love between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia help stabilize the region, or would it undermine U.S. national interests and intensify existing rivalries in the region? How will Saudi Arabia react to what increasingly appears to be an inevitable U.S. military drawdown in the Middle East?

Join us for a timely and important conversation with:

  • Madawi al-Rasheed, Middle East Center at the London School of Economics
  • Greg Gause, International Affairs Department, Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University
  • Aaron David Miller, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Wilson Center
  • Annelle Sheline, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft (Moderator)
May 2020

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2PM ET
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Speakers

Madawi al-Rasheed

Dr. Madawi al-Rasheed is a visiting professor at the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics, former professor at King's College, and the author of numerous books on Saudi Arabia, most recently "Salman's Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia."

Greg Gause

Dr. Gregory Gause is Professor of International Affairs and John H. Lindsey '44 Chair at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University. He also serves as the Head of the International Affairs Department at the School, and is a frequent commentator on Gulf affairs.

Aaron David Miller

Dr. Aaron David Miller is a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. For more than two decades Miller served in the Department of State as an historian, analyst, negotiator, and adviser on Middle Eastern issues to Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State. He is an author and frequent commentator on the Middle East.

Annelle Sheline (Moderator)

Dr. Annelle Sheline is a Research Fellow in the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute and an expert on religious and political authority in the Middle East and North Africa.

 

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