Politics, Economics and Saudi Military Intervention in Bahrain
Politics, Economics and Saudi Military Intervention in Bahrain
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政治、经济和沙特对巴林的军事干预
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2013
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M. Nuruzzaman
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作者：
M. Nuruzzaman
2011年3月14日，沙特对巴林进行军事干预，镇压民主起义，引起了严重的地区和全球关注。政治分析家和评论员主要从国内和区域政治和战略动态的角度来解释沙特的干预。本文从政治和经济两个角度分析了沙特干涉巴林内政的问题，认为沙特干涉巴林内政践踏巴林平民民主权利的决定，其经济因素的影响不亚于政治和战略考量。此外，如果现状受到任何内部民主力量的严重威胁，无论有无外部支持，沙特在其他海湾合作理事会国家的类似干预仍然是现实。
Abstract The March 14, 2011 Saudi military intervention in Bahrain to suppress pro-democracy uprisings created serious regional and global concerns. Political analysts and commentators have interpreted the Saudi intervention primarily in terms of domestic and regional political and strategic dynamics. This paper analyses the intervention issue from both political and economic perspectives and argues that the Saudi decision to intervene in Bahrain to trample the democratic rights of common Bahrainis was no less, if not more, influenced by economic factors than political and strategic calculations. Moreover, similar Saudi interventions in other Gulf Cooperation Council countries remain a reality if the status quo is seriously threatened by any internal pro-democracy forces, with or without external support.