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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Public Administration</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Public Administration</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия:  Государственное и муниципальное управление</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8313</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-1228</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">27251</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8313-2021-8-3-336-346</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>International Experience of Public Administration</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Международный опыт государственного управления</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The Saudi Political System and the Calculations of the New Balances in the Middle East</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Политическая система Саудовской Аравии и формирование нового баланса на Ближнем Востоке</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1875-8867</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Othman</surname><given-names>Abdullah H.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Отман</surname><given-names>Абдуллах Хазаа</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p><span class="s91">PhD student of the Department of Political Analysis and Management</span></p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант кафедры политического анализа и управления</p></bio><email>abdollah.othman1985@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Рeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-08-26" publication-format="electronic"><day>26</day><month>08</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>8</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 8, NO3 (2021)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 8, №3 (2021)</issue-title><fpage>336</fpage><lpage>346</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-08-26"><day>26</day><month>08</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Othman A.H.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Отман А.Х.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Othman A.H.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Отман А.Х.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/27251">https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/27251</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">This article highlights the role of Saudi Arabia in the process of regional integration and the establishment of new balances of power in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia is arguably one of the most important states in the region in terms of power, economy and diplomacy. Its power is not only limited to political influence, but also carries with it religious dimensions that helped to shape and escalate regional situation as manifested through Saudi Arabia’s attempts to contain non-Arab forces to establish privileged relations with them from a national or Islamic perspective .Saudi Arabia has stepped up military agreements to ensure regional balance in the Middle East, one of the most important international regions. The stability of the region is considered to be of international concern. It is against this backdrop that Saudi Arabia competes for influence in the Middle East. In addition to the events of September 11, 2001, which negatively affected the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States of America, especially after the accusations made by the United States against Saudi Arabia and accused it of supporting the perpetrators of the September 11 attacks, the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia was strained. Saudi Arabia began to look for a new partner that would have considerable political weight, and in Russia found what it was looking for. The relationship between Saudi Arabia and the Russian Federation began to develop gradually despite the absence of political exchange and cooperation between the two parties for a long time, and this relationship took the form of expansion to include the field of diplomatic representation and the conclusion of economic and oil agreements and in various other fields represents the political rapprochement between the two countries.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">В данной статье подчеркивается роль Саудовской Аравии в процессе установления нового регионального баланса на Ближнем Востоке, поскольку она является одной из самых ярких стран региона в области управления, экономики и дипломатии, которая не ограничивается политическим влиянием, но также включает в себя религиозные аспекты, которые способствуют кристаллизации регионального статуса страны. Саудовская Аравия стремится поддерживать контакты с неарабскими державами, чтобы установить с ними взаимовыгодные отношения с учетом своих национальных или религиозных интересов. Отдельно подчеркивается роль Королевства Саудовской Аравии в подписании военных соглашений для обеспечения регионального баланса на Ближнем Востоке, что имеет большое значение и на международном уровне. Стабильность в данном регионе считается основой международной стабильности Королевство Саудовская Аравия выстраивает свою политику в регионе Ближнего Востока на основе стремления к стабильности, балансу, безопасности и сотрудничеству. После событий 11 сентября 2001 года, которые негативно повлияли на отношения между Королевством Саудовской Аравии и Соединенными Штатами Америки, особенно после обвинений, выдвинутых Соединенными Штатами в адрес Саудовской Аравии, в поддержке виновников теракта, Саудовская Аравия начала поиск нового партнера, который имел бы большой политический вес, и нашла его в лице России. Отношения между Саудовской Аравией и Российской Федерацией начали постепенно развиваться, несмотря на отсутствие политического обмена и сотрудничества между двумя сторонами в течение длительного времени, и эти отношения принимают все более широкую форму, включившего сферу дипломатического представительства и заключения экономических договоров в нефтяных и других областях. Прогресс в отношениях между Россией и Саудовской Аравией лишь усилился после визита Президента России Владимира Путина в Саудовскую Аравию в феврале 2007 года, который был представлен политическим сближением между двумя странами.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Saudi Arabia</kwd><kwd>political system</kwd><kwd>Regional balance</kwd><kwd>the Middle East</kwd><kwd>Terrorism</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Саудовская Аравия</kwd><kwd>политическая система</kwd><kwd>региональный баланс</kwd><kwd>Ближний Восток</kwd><kwd>Терроризм</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Kosach G.G., Melkumyan E.S. The Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia: Priorities, Directions, Decision Process. Moscow: RSUH; 2003.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Brigitte M. 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