U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONS

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  

WHY HAS THE U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONSHIP BECOME MORE COMPLICATED?

Objectives:  SWBAT analyze, evaluate, source and annotate excerpted primary and secondary source complex text, video and articles regarding U.S.-Saudi relations toward skill building for the long-extended essay portion of the AP Government & Politics.

Citations:

BOOK:  Reidel, Bruce (2018) Kings and Presidents:  Saudi Arabia and the United States Since FDR.  Washington, D.C.:  The Brookings Institute (Pgs. 184-203)

VIDEO:  The U.S.-Saudi Relationship Is Deeply Troubled (1:10 mins.) – November 2017 – Brookings Institute

https://youtu.be/EWEgnNMAfZU

PRIMARY SOURCE:  Big Bets & Black Swans (The Black Swan Memo) – Brookings Institute 2013 p. 76-80

https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/big-bets-and-black-swans-foreign-policy-challenges-for-president-obamas-second-term-2/

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:

Saudi Arabia and JASTA

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-sept11-idUSKBN1H43A1

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/analysis-911-lawsuit-looms-over-saudi-arabias-economic-and-political-plans-1232597998

Trump $110 Billion in Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia:  Still Fake?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/11trumps-billion-arms-sale-saudia-arabia-still-fake/

Jared Kushner Did What?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/10/jared-did-what/

AP STANDARDS:

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-us-history-course-and-exam-description.pdf?course=ap-united-states-history