Foreign Policy of King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz: Impacts on Pakistan
Keywords:
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, vision 2030, Iran, USA, foreign policy, intervention etc.Abstract
Saudi Arabia has shifted the course of its foreign policy and the current
monarch Salman bin Abdul Aziz has redirected the foreign policy of the
Saudi Kingdom toward a more proactive and aggressive conduct. It has
increased its intervention in the domestic affairs of the Gulf States and it
has increased its hegemonic activities in the entire Middle East.
Furthermore, its relations with its traditional strategic partner US have
grown stronger and its rivalry with Iran has aggravated further deeper.
Saudi Arabia has come up with a new vision for the kingdom which aspires
for more development, but less reliance on oil. Given these circumstances,
the foreign policy conduct of Saudi Arabia with a different posture has
seriously affected Pakistan in both positive and negative ways which are
discussed in this article.
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