Explaining Saudi Arabia-Israel Détente: Balance-of-Threat and Constructivism

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10.2991/assehr.k.211020.168How to use a DOI?

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Détente, Saudi-Israel relations, Balance-of-threat, Constructivism, Arab Spring

Abstract

Israel’s independence and the first Middle East war are the beginning of the long-term hostility between the Arab world and Israel. With the signing of “ Camp David Accords” and “Oslo Accords”, Israel’s efforts to seek a peaceful solution to the Arab-Israel conflict gradually reduced its threat to the Arab world, thus starting the process Arab-Israel reconciliation. Since the outbreak of the “Arab Spring” in 2010, Iran’s threat to Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries has continued to rise. At the same time, internal and external pressure has forced the Saudi royal family to gradually promote liberalization and secularization reform. According to balance-of-threat theory and constructivism theory, the rise of Iran’s threat and the convergence of Saudi Arabia and Israel in the ideological field are the important reasons for the rapid easing of bilateral relations. However, in view of the possibility of Iran’s offensive posture shrinking or Saudi Arabia’s stopping reform, the sustainability of Saudi-Israel relations ’détente is very fragile.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhuofan Xu
AU  - Boxuan Zhang
AU  - Yunpeng Yuan
AU  - Peihuan Li
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/21
TI  - Explaining Saudi Arabia-Israel Détente: Balance-of-Threat and Constructivism
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Relations and Social Sciences (ICPRSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 280
EP  - 286
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211020.168
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211020.168
ID  - Xu2021
ER  -