تفسير صعود ولي العهد السعودي محمد بن سلمان والسياسة الخارجية السعودية وفقًا لنظرية دوائر البركة

Year 2019, Volume: 19 Issue: 2, 165 - 180, 15.12.2019

Mehmet Akif Koç

https://doi.org/10.31456/beytulmakdis.518117

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Beytülmakdis Bereket Daireleri Teorisi bağlamında Veliaht Prens Muhammed Bin Selman ve Suudi Dış Politikası

Abstract

Suudi Arabistan, özellikle Veliaht Prens Muhammed
Bin Selman’ın göreve gelmesinin ardından, son yıllarda aktif ve iddialı bir dış
politika izlemeye başladı. Bu yeni dönemin ana dinamikleri şu hususları ihtiva
etmektedir: ABD’ye bağımlılığın artması, İran’ın ve bölgedeki müttefiklerinin
daha da şeytanlaştırılması/ötekileştirilmesi, İsrail’le siyasi ilişkileri
normalleştirme girişimleri, BAE ve Mısır ile daha yakın işbirliği tesis etme
çabaları ve Orta Doğu ölçeğinde Medhali Selefiliği teşvik etmeye dönük adımlar.
Riyad’ın bölgesel bir güç merkezi olarak ortaya çıkması, büyük ölçüde bölgesel
ve uluslararası güç dengelerinin bir sonucudur. Bu bağlamda, Suudi dış
politikasının konumunun belirlenmesinde Orta Doğu siyasetinin jeopolitik boyutu
önemli bir rol oynamaktadır. Bu çalışma, Riyad’ın son dönemde izlediği dış
politikayı, Batı-dışı bir jeopolitik yaklaşım sunan, Beytülmakdis Bereket
Daireleri Teorisi bağlamında açıklamayı hedeflemektedir.

Keywords

Suudi Arabistan, Muhammed bin Selman, Beytülmakdis, Kudüs, BAE, Medhali Selefilik, Mısır, jeopolitik

INTERPRETATION OF THE RISE OF THE CROWN PRINCE MUHAMMAD BIN SALMAN AND SAUDI FOREIGN POLICY ACCORDING TO THE BARAKAH CIRCLE THEORY

Abstract

Saudi Arabia has begun to
pursue an active and ambitious foreign policy in recent years, especially under
the rule of the Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman. The main parameters of this
new era may be stated as: an increasing dependence on the US; the further demonisation
of Iran and its regional allies; greater efforts to normalise political
relations with Israel; the establishment of closer cooperation with the UAE and
Egypt; and the promoting of Madkhali Salafism in the Middle East. Riyadh’s
emergence as a new power centre significantly relies on regional and
international power politics. In this respect, the geopolitical dimension of
Middle Eastern politics plays a crucial role in examining the Saudi position.
This article aims to explain Riyadh’s recent foreign policy moves within the
context of the Barakah Circle Theory as a non-Western geopolitical framework. 

Keywords

Saudi Arabia, Muhammad bin Salman, Islamicjerusalem, UAE, Madkhali Salafism, Egypt, geopolitics

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