How Has Oil Drilling Impacted Relations Between the US and Saudi Arabia? By, Tyler Bernardine
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Be Careful What You Wish For: The Future U.S.- Saudi Relations
By, F. Gregory Gause III
This article was written a year after the 9/11 terrorist attcks, the author talks about what kind of future can we have with this country when the public on both side wants nothing to do with one another. We see them as terrorist and they see us as violent imperialists. He answers this with the simple fact that they have oil. He asks the question of what our future relations will look like with the Saudi's. -
Be Careful What You Wish For (Continued)
He talks about how Saudi Arabia was able to build mosques and schools, also have funds for womens education all with the money they were getting from selling their oil. In the end no matter how many issues we have with one another there is the fact that America needs oil and Saudi Arabia has more of it than any other country in the world. Gause, F. Gregory, Iii. "Be Careful What You Wish For: The Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations." World Policy Journal 19.1 (2002): 37-50. JSTOR. Web. 14 Sept. 2 -
Saudi Arabia and The War on Terrorism (1)
By, Gawhat Bahgat
For five decades the US and Saudi Arabia have been trading oil for security. The 9/11 terrorist attacks brought this alliance to the brink. IN order to maintain this friendship Saudi Arabia also started their war on terro, to show America that they did not want this in their country either. Bahgat talks about the struggle of Saudi forces also fighting in this war. A civil war of their own in which Saudis fought other Saudis. The inner stuggle for the Saudi government is real -
Saudi Arabia and The War on Terrorism (2)
much unrest in the country with differneces and fights with religious views and influence set upon them by the west which many do not want. Bahgat, Gawdat. "SAUDI ARABIA AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM." Arab Studies Quarterly 26.1 (2004): 51-63. JSTOR. Web. 14 Sept. 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/41858472?ref=no-x-route:82c2851f062b89b3c1d979eb16635a0d. -
Saudi Arabia and the War on Terrorism (4)
on the government to help them fight the problems in their system so that future problems with radicals can be handled internally. This action however would still involve the US in setting up this new government. -
Saudi Arabia and the War on Terrorism (3)
In the first article we can see differences in stance in the main argument of whether or not our involvemnent with Saudi Arabia should run deeper. While in the first article it was apparent that sending troops and further military was necessary. This could be due that it was less than a year after 9/11 and lots of anger still flowed. While in this article we can see problems in Saudi Arabia are not just terrorists but the governement stucture itself. The author tells us of how we should focus -
Thicker Than Oil (1)
By, Rachel Bronson
This novel argues the popular belief that our relationship was never all "oil for security". It was also Saudi Arabia's geographic location and religiously motivated foreign policly to help America defeat communism. It looks forward to problems to be faced in the future. How Saudi government faces strong opposition in the two countries relationship. While still accepting the fact that our relationship is founded on our oil thirst. -
Thicker Than Oil (2)
Bronson, Rachel. Thicker than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2006. Print. -
Thicker Than Oil (3)
Bronson shows her side of the relationship as being a special one. With Saudi Arabia being the number one oil producer and America being the number one consumer its obvious we should have a relationship. She too sees that we must fix the government in Saudi Arabia and premote democracy. It seems the violent wars we started off wanting are turning more into the US spreading democracy. -
Oil Jitters (1)
By, Peter Katel
Rising gasoline prices are the last thing an average American wants to hear right now. Unfortunatly that's the direction we are headed. The article talks about the rarity it is to find new oil sources and how we need all we can get a hold of. Showing plenty of hard facts and statistics showing the rising need for oil in the US.
Katel, Peter. "Oil Jitters." CQ Researcher 18 (2008): 1-24. Web. http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/ -
Oil Jitters (2)
This article and author takes more of a nuetral stance on whether or not the US involvement should go deeper or back off. From the facts he gives however it is apparent that he believes we need Saudi oil to supply the nation. With developing nations like China also on the hunt for oil, America should stand firm in our relationship with Saudi Arabia. -
America, Oil, and War in The Middle East (1)
By, Toby Craig Jones
Saudi Arabia not only provided us with oil but a strong military position. This foothold in the Middle East allowed us a good place for base in the Iraq wars. As well as the Gulf War, a war which strained Saudi' s trust with us. Our support for Isreal also strained our relationship as Jones points out, since most of Saudi Arabia is Muslim a culture that often fights with Isreal. Jones talks about how wars really have strained our friendship with Saudi Arabia, and our thin -
America, Oil, and War in the Middle East (2)
thin relationship. Jones, T. C. "America, Oil, and War in the Middle East." Journal of American History 99.1 (2012): 208-18. Web. -
America, Oil, and War in the Middle East (3)
At first many thought that military action is needed in places like Saudi Arabia after 9/11. Then we saw that the Middle East was a complex issue that needs more than military force. This author sees the problem with Saudi governments and our oil issue, but he sees only more conflict in our future. While other sources want a diplomatic solution, this author beleives America will have no choice but to get involved militarily and governmently. -
US Oil Dependence (2)
also oil from tar and sands which could be made right here in the US. Overall America is the number one oil consumer and unless we change our ways we will be dependant on other countries forever and have to constantly get involved in affairs that we don't have any buisiness getting into.
Weeks, Jennifer. "US Oil Dependence." CQ Researcher 22 (2012): 549-72. Web. http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/ -
US Oil Dependence (1)
By, Jennifer Weeks
Weeks proves the point that America has become too dependent on foreign oil. Oil drilled within our borders would cost a lot less than from overseas. Not to mention the fact that a pull in American involvment from places like Saudi Arabia would be good. President after President has promised lower fuel cost but with rising demands it is impossible for us to be self suffient in this department. She disscusses alternative fuel sources like electric power and other green power -
US Oil Dependance (3)
We have gone from wanting American troops based everywhere possible threats could come from to realizing that may not solve the problem. This author is opposed to military action. She doesn't even want to have any involvment with Saudi Arabia. Her ultimate goal for the US is to be self suffiecient in order to stay out of hostile countries.
