In this context, Saudi policy seems to be stuck in the past, and the Kingdom has chosen to adopt a strategy of self-help in order to isolate itself from problems outside its borders, though it continues to regard itself as the region’s power broker. The sudden rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and the UAE resulted not from the attractiveness of Saudi policy, but from their rulers’ shared perception that there is a dearth of political options.
在这样的背景下，沙特还死抱过去的政策不妨，选择了自助战略，将问题关在国界之外，尽管它仍自视为地区实力中介。沙特阿拉伯与阿联酋之间突然间恢复邦交原因并非沙特政策具有吸引力，而是两国统治者都感到已无多少政治选择余地。