Major Social-Economic problems of Saudi Arabia in XXI century

Introduction.

Over the last decade, we can observe an increasingly unstable situation in the world. This applies not only to economic and, consequently, the social side of life, but also to political. In the era of globalization, it is very difficult to separate these three concepts from each other. And the most striking example of this is the crisis unfolded in the Middle East.

For centuries the Middle East region has been attracting the world’s most powerful countries for its significant oil and gas resources along with vast territories. For a long time, most of the Middle East’s countries were under the influence of the Western powers, but, in the 20th century, most of them gained independence and began to create their own history. However, it was not so simple. There were a lot of factors the new countries faced with: the conflicts of ethnic minorities’ resettlement (Kurds, Palestinians), the struggle for a source of income (oil), an interfaith struggle (in the territory inhabited by the various Islamic religious groups: Sunni, Shiites, Kurds, Druze, Wahhabis), the territorial di...