Understanding Saudi Arabia’s Recalibrated Foreign Policy

Yet unless the kingdom makes further changes on both the diplomatic and domestic fronts, its aspirations are likely to run into roadblocks.

• Anna Jacobs
• ICG

Saudi Arabia is trying, with mixed success, to recast itself on the international stage.

The kingdom, whose gross domestic product reached $1 trillion in 2022 for the first time, wants an economy that can keep pace with the global energy transition and a foreign policy that is less reliant on the United States.

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