Saudi Arabia and the Wealth of Stability

In addition to its Islamic standing, Saudi Arabia capitalizes on two other key wealth: oil and stability. Coupled with the adopted moderate line, they have earned a regional and international weight it has in turn harnessed to serve the causes of the Arabs and Muslims and to build bridges of cooperation and dialogue between them and the major active superpowers. Insufficient alone, oil wealth is downplayed and cannot be best used if instability prevails. Likewise, stability alone is insufficient. For the international relations do not rest on good intentions but on interests. Along with the moderate decision, these two wealth have made Saudi Arabia a reassuring factor as oil prices destabilize the world economy.

In this changing world, we must, if we are to preserve stability, quietly read the international balances of power and build a wide interest network with the currently active powers and others likely to play such role in the future. Strong relations are based on interests, dialogue, encounter, and not on conformity, which is initially impossible.

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