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040			_aES-MaBCA _cES-MaBCA
100			_92570 _aBlanchard, Christopher M.
245			_aSaudi Arabia _h[Recurso electrónico] PDF _b: Background and U.S. Relations
260			_bCongressional Research Service _cSeptember 2016
300			_aRecurso online, 38 p.
490			_aCongressional Research Service _vRL33533
520			_aThe kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ruled by the Al Saud family since its founding in 1932, wields significant global influence through its administration of the birthplace of the Islamic faith and by virtue of its large oil reserves. Close U.S.-Saudi official relations have survived a series of challenges since the 1940s. In recent years, shared concerns over Sunni Islamist extremist terrorism and Iranian government policies have provided some renewed logic for continued strategic cooperation. Political upheaval and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa appear to be straining bilateral ties, but the full effect has yet to be determined.
650		0	_93575 _aCooperación Internacional
650		0	_91170 _aSeguridad y defensa
650		0	_91851 _aRelaciones Internacionales
650		0	_91745 _aTerrorismo internacional
650		0	_91183 _aProspectiva
651		0	_9967 _aArabia Saudí
710			_93940 _aCongressional Research Service
856	4		_uhttp://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33533.pdf _qPDF
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