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_cES-MaBCA
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_aBlanchard, Christopher M.
245 _aSaudi Arabia
_h[Recurso electrónico] PDF
_b: Background and U.S. Relations
260 _bCongressional Research Service
_cApril 2016
300 _aRecurso online, 39 p.
490 _aCRS Report
_vRL33533 (April 2016)
520 _aThe kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ruled by the Al Saud family since its founding in 1932, wields significant global influence through its administration of the birthplace of the Islamic faith and by virtue of its large oil reserves. Close U.S.-Saudi official relations have survived a series of challenges since the 1940s. In recent years, shared concerns over Sunni Islamist extremist terrorism and Iranian government policies have provided a renewed logic for continued strategic cooperation. Political upheaval and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa appear to have strained bilateral ties, but the full effect has yet to be determined.
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_aRelaciones Internacionales
651 0 _9967
_aArabia Saudí
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_aEstados Unidos de América
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_aCongressional Research Service
856 4 _qPDF
_uhttp://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33533.pdf
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