relations between the saudi state and the west from world war 1 to world war 2 was
base on common interests in oil and security
Explanation: Given Ottoman defeat in 1918 and the subsequent partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, the agreement effectively divided the Ottoman Arab provinces outside the Arabian peninsula into areas of British and French control and influence, Most of the Arabian peninsula fell to British ally, Ibn Saud, who created the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.
During the First world war, the British government attempted to cultivate favor with Ibn Saud in order to support it in the war against the Ottoman Empire which ended up in success
The United States, first through its oil industry and then through government contacts, established a relationship with Saudi Arabia’s founder, King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, and his successors that evolved into a close alliance.
Standard Oil and the Texas Oil Company (Texaco) formed a partnership in Saudi Arabia in 1936 and together founded the Arabian American Oil Company, or Aramco, in 1944; the consortium later expanded to include what would later become Exxon and Mobil.
In the years surrounding World War II, the role of national security increased in
the U.S.-Saudi security relationship. Believing that Saudi Arabia’s geostrategic location
and oil would assist the United States in achieving its military objectives during the war,
Washington began to incorporate the kingdom into its national security strategy. U.S.
administrations took advantage of existing ties built by U.S. oil companies with the Saudi
government to engage the government of Saudi diplomatically.
