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Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the other Gulf Arab states became independent for the first time ever last century. They were never really nations before, but regional components of other empires, including the Byzantine, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Ottoman. Contrary to popular belief, contemporary Saudi Arabia had nothing to do with the origins of Islam, as the descendants of that empire were expelled in the 20th century and now comprise the ruling family of Jordan. Saudi Arabia was an entirely new creation of the al-Saud family after the Ottoman collapse. The Gulf Arabs lucked out tremendously with the discovery of oil, which turned what had heretofore been a collection of impoverished desert tribes into some of the wealthiest people on earth. But they are still not really independent: They are dependent on the U.S. empire, without which they'd fall under sway of Turkish or Iranian empires as was the norm in history. This is also what they have in common with Israel, and what is driving their strategic convergence.
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"became independent for the first time ever last century"... I would say that the region got nation-states a couple of centuries after Europe and US. It's not like Europe for example, had nation-states since forever :-)
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exquisite analysis
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Born and grew up in Saudi. Love the people, and the food. Especially the bedouins are such hospitable and kind people. The deeper into the desert you go, the kinder they get. Nothing like eating Kabsa in the middle of the desert together from the same dish. But very true, influence of the US is hard to miss. The US embassy compound is a town in itself with multiple housing developments and even hospital. And the tribal nature of rule is still pervasive in certain traditions which you see during the Jenadriyah festival every year. King Faisal did quite a bit in ensuring the tribes had a vested interest in the growth of the country and bringing them to the fold and its held on until now. I think Vision 2030 is the first time that might come under stress, since it centralizes decision making of those lands.
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