This study will focus on explaining the dynamics of Saudi Arabia’s national security.
In explaining these dynamics, the study will consider two of Buzan’s frameworks for
analysing national security. Further enhancement will be given by conceptualising
specific assumptions about Saudi Arabia’s national security – these will be based on
the manner in which certain features are utilised within the Saudi state. Semistructured
interviews will be utilised to examine the findings from the adapted
frameworks.
By studying the state’s domestic, regional and international concerns, as well as the
specific threats that each level pose with regards to several security sectors (including
the: social, political, economic, militant and environmental), this study will provide a
distinctive analysis of national security within the Saudi state.
Initially, this study acknowledges that only a few studies have been conducted into
Saudi Arabia’s national security; furthermore, these have focused on the internal
perspective by considering Saudi national security in terms of its military and
strategic partnerships. Secondly, the study proposes that Saudi Arabia is unique (and
unlike any other state) as it holds various important social and religious aspects that
are not fully understood by external sources. Consequently, this study conceptualises
Saudi national security from the internal perspective by considering the Saudi state’s
specific features.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/7272 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Nasif, Mahmoud Abdullah |
| Contributors | Rogers, Paul F., Miller, Davina |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, School of Social and International Studies |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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