"In recent decades, Saudi Arabia has committed itself to playing the part of mediator in intra-national and international conflicts in the greater Middle East region. Examples include the two Saudi-introduced Arab Peace Initiatives of 1982 and 2002, mediation attempts between Algeria and Morocco in the West Sahara conflict, Iraq and Syria during the Iran-Iraq War and Iran and Iraq towards the end of their military conflict." --Provided by publisher.

1. Introduction : Saudi Arabia and the Arab-Israeli Conflict -- The 2007 Makkah Agreement -- The road to the 1989 Taif Agreement -- Saudi Arabia and the GCC transition plan for Yemen -- 2. Saudi foreign policy : interests, options, and strategies : Foreign policy analysis -- The kingdom of Saudi Arabia : regional power in a dynamic environment -- Saudi Arabia's military, economic, and financial capabilities -- Saudi foreign policy objectives -- Saudi Arabia's non-material capabilities and weaknesses -- Conflict mediation as an element of Saudi Arabia's reactive foreign policy -- 3. Saudi Arabia and the Arab-Israeli conflict : Saudi policy interests -- The early era -- The Six Day War, the Khartoum conference, and the War of Attrition -- Saudi Arabia and Palestinian political movements -- U.S. policy, the strength of Communism, and the predicament of moderate Arab regimes -- Egypt's change of camps -- Principal readiness for peace -- The way into war -- Repeated warnings of oil sanctions -- Application of the oil weapon -- Camp David and Egypt's expulsion from the Arab League -- The Fahd plan and Egypt's return to the Arab fold -- The first Intifada and the declaration of Palestinian statehood -- From the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait to the Al Aqsa Intifada -- The Abdullah plan and the second Arab peace initiative -- 4. The 2007 Makkah Agreement -- 5. The road to the 1989 Taif Agreement -- 6. Saudi Arabia and the GCC transition plan for Yemen : The GCC mediation initiative -- The Saudi involvement in the mediation process -- Conclusion : The future of Saudi mediation policy.