Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted FOREIGN POLICY REORIENTATION FROM GLOBALIZATION TO NATIONALISM(West Virginia University, 2024-05-03) Asiri, Abdullah; Hagan, JoeThis dissertation explores the foreign policy implications of the post-2010 resurgence of nationalism in the U.S., Europe, and other parts of the world. It explores the reorientation of foreign policy away from globalization and the post-Cold War expectations that include a rules-based order, the spread of democracy and human rights, and the free movement of capital, products, people, and information. Instead, the emerging nationalist foreign policies emphasize independence and national sovereignty, economic self-sufficiency and protectionism, and antidemocracy and universal values. These policies are also characterized in terms of limited and unilateral engagement and proneness to conflict and confrontation. This dissertation characterizes this reorientation as a domestic-driven deviation that was triggered by systemic shocks including terrorist attacks, military interventions, regional conflicts and uprisings, and global and regional economic crises. Domestically, this reorientation was driven by domestic pressure that manifested in terms of increasing public and elite criticism of globalization and its foreign policy expressions. It was also driven by the rise of nationalist leaders who functioned as activating agents and a vehicle through which systemic shocks and domestic pressure have factored into the reorientation of foreign policy towards nationalism. This dissertation explores the reorientation of foreign policy toward nationalism across political systems including a presidential system (The United States of America), a parliamentary democracy (The United Kingdom), and a single-party authoritarianism (The People’s Republic of China).32 0Item Restricted Esports World Championship in Saudi Arabia, League of Legends World Championship 2025(Brunel University, 2023-12-13) Nader, Asmaa; Wayne, Michael; Coleman, JosephineThis study aims to identify key concepts and analyze public relations tactics that can be used in Saudi Arabia for the League of Legends World Championship press conference public relations campaign. It discusses how these tactics can be employed to enhance collaboration, communication, resource sharing, and impact measurement within the campaign. The research emphasizes on the importance of using effective strategies to achieve campaign goals and maximize its impact.65 0Item Restricted Examining the Effects of the Globalization of English on the Cultural Identity of University Level Students in Saudi Arabia(Saudi Digital Library, 2023-12-01) Alkroud, Sarah; Solano, Victor GuillenAfter the announcement of Vision 2030, English has become an increasingly dominant language in Saudi Arabia and is now the language of choice for many aspects of everyday life. As the language of international business, education, and communication, English has had a major influence on the way people communicate, interact, and construct their cultural identity. As a result, there is a need to explore how English as a global language has affected the cultural identities of Saudis, and how it may have potentially impacted their sense of cultural belonging. This study investigates the effects of the globalization of English on the cultural identity of university level students in Saudi Arabia. Through a qualitative phenomenological approach, this study employs semi-structured interviews on a sample of 6 participants. The primary objective of this study is to understand participants' perspectives and feelings towards the globalization of English and how it may have influenced their sense of cultural identity. Additionally, the study investigates participants' attitudes towards English-speaking cultures and the spread of the English language, aiming to uncover the relationship between their attitudes towards Saudi and English-speaking cultures and how these factors shape their cultural identity as Saudi individuals. The findings of this study illustrate that there is a potential effect on cultural identity, depending on the age of acquisition, method of acquisition, and affiliation with culture. The limitations in this study were in the generalizability of its findings due to the small sample size. In addition, the findings of this study are potentially culture specific. Therefore, further research on a sample of different cultural backgrounds is encouraged. Moreover, the complexity of the concepts investigated, in addition to the language boundaries, limited the findings of this study.31 0