العربية 
English 
Description
Saudi Arabia: outside global law and order
Saudi Arabia: outside global law and order: a discussion paper: Based on interviews with sources ranging from dissidents to diplomats, the book takes the reader behind the wall of piety and medievalism that guards Saudi sensitivities. Discussing the ruling family’s self-awarded birthright to wealth and power, Anders Jerichow questions whether it is possible to ignore the rules of the world and still enjoy the protection of the international community?
Is it possible to ignore the rules of the world and still enjoy the protection of the international community? Does the West need the Saudis more than they need us? This study seeks to answer these and other questions on the political and social development of Saudi Arabia in the seven years since the Gulf War. The book examines the ruling family’s self-awarded birthright to wealth and power, and discusses the questions of Royal Law, human rights, censorship, the fear of radical Islam, and gender in the kingdom.
Anders Jerichow is a columnist at the Danish daily Politiken and a frequent radio and TV commentator on Middle East and European international relations. He was the editor for foreign affairs at Weekendavisen from 1985 to 1993, foreign editor at Politiken from 1993 to 1998, and editor in chief and managing director of Aktuelt from 1998 to 2001. He has published a number of books on questions of human rights, development, and democratisation issues in the Middle East.
