AWAD AL-BADI, (Saudi Arabia) Center for Islamic Studies. King Faisal Keywords: Russia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia( KSA), Persian Gulf countries, politics, ideology Needless to say, we are witnessing regional and international instability, the ultimate results of which hardly anyone can predict. The nature of the phenomena that we have observed and are currently seeing, and their increasing rapidity over the past three years, have thrown the Region (the Persian Gulf countries) and the entire world into a state of confusion, and have caused profound changes in the nature and dynamics of local, regional and international politics, and the final outcome of this major shift is difficult to predict, because any turn is possible. The instability of the situation is not easy for Russia, as well as for other regional and international forces, in such a situation it is not able to develop a long-term strategy or claim that it has achieved its strategic goals in the Region. But at the same time, turbulence seems to give it a strategic chance to manipulate events, the situation and politics here and use the existing strategic gaps that are emerging in its national interests, to increase its role, to create an international and regional order of things that will allow it to maintain its significance and put all this at the service of its desired international an authority. This is exactly what Russian foreign policy has demonstrated over the past period, because due to the turbulence in the Region, as a result of the "Arab Spring" and the ongoing Syrian crisis, Russia has found a chance to confirm and record its assessment of what happened and determine its position in the Region and in the international arena, which it has tirelessly expressed at every opportunity In this case, especially when it felt that America's weakness under the current administration was a fait accompli and created a strategic vacuum that would allow it to actively strengthen its position. At first glance, ... Читать далее