Changes in Russia-Saudi Relations Nothing More than Tactical Maneuvering

Changes in Russia-Saudi Relations Nothing More than Tactical Maneuvering

Lack of “strategy” is one of the most important features that characterize Russia’s policy in the Middle East. Examples of this issue have been seen in discontinuous and mostly passive positions that the country has been taking on regional developments from the war in Iraq to political developments in Libya, the Arab Spring, and Iran's nuclear issue.