Italy and Saudi Arabia confronting the challenges of the XXI century / edited by Silvia Colombo. Roma : Istituto Affari Internazionali, 2013 ; Halle (Saale) : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2013
Content
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Preface, Silvia Colombo
Opening remark by Prince Saud Al Faisal
Opening remark by Emma Bonino
1. History of an 80-Year-Long friendship: Italy-Saudi Arabia 1932-2012, Matteo Pizzigallo
King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud and the Treaty with Italy
The Beginning of a Strong Friendship
Returning to Jeddah
The Relaunching of Diplomatic Relations
The Seventies
The Strenghtening of Political and Economic Cooperation
King Abdullah and the Renewed Friendship
2. Saudi Arabia and Italy in the Mediterranean: An Emerging Dimension in Bilateral Relations, Roberto Aliboni
Introduction
GCC Countries and the Mediterranean
GCC-EU and saudi Arabia-Italy in the Emerging Mediterranean Context
Conclusion
3. Opportunities for Italian-Saudi Relations in the Post-Arab Spring Environment, Elena Maestri
Understanding Historical Roots and Internal Dynamics as a Pre-requisite ... An Overview
Assessing present-day Challenges
Working Out Avenues for Cooperation in Post-Arab Spring Environments
4. Saudi Arabia-Europe Economic Cooperation: Prospects and Potentialities, Mai Al-Torki
A Buoyant Economy Despite the Adverse External Environment
Saudi Arabia and Europe: An Established Relations to Nourish and Develop
5. Towards Strengthening Saudi-Italian Economic Cooperation, Abdullah Al-Mobty
Global Economic Power for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Italy
Role of the Council of Saudi Chambers in Strenghtening Saudi-italian Economic Cooperation
Saudi-Italian Economic Cooperation Agreements
Trade relations
Future of Saudi-Italian Relations
Future of Saudi-Italian Economic Cooperation
6. The Energy Security Challenge in EU-GCC Relations, Giacomo Luciani
Oil: No Longer So Scarce After All
Containing Price Volatility
Price Bands
Managing Stocks
Demand Security
Vertical Integration
Relying on Longer-term Pricing
Turning Gulf Oil into a Global Benchmark
Conclusion
7. Parliamentary Relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Italy, Rashed Al-Kathiri
Saudi Shura Council: A Brief Look
Saudi-Italian Raltions and the Role of Inter-parliamentary Dialogue
A Look into the Future
8. Saudi-Italian Relations. A History of Political and Cultural Cooperation, Faysal Bin Abdul Rahman Bin Muammar
9. Conclusion, Silvia Colombo
Annex: The Friendship Treaty Between the Kingdom of Hejaz, Najd and Annexes and the Italian Republic