The Reshaping of the World Order

In February 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud met aboard the USS Quincy.

The meeting is generally regarded as the symbolic foundation of the modern relationship between the two countries.

The September 11, 2001 attacks were a profound shock.

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In September 2019, strikes against the Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities temporarily disrupted a substantial share of global production.

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In February 2022, a large-scale invasion began.

It rapidly evolved into the largest conventional war in Europe since the Second World War.

In May 2025, the White House announced a Saudi commitment of $600 billion in investment and trade with the United States.

The announcement was accompanied by agreements in defense, energy, technology and infrastructure.

In February 2026, New START expired without a successor treaty.

Its expiry removed the final major bilateral agreement limiting American and Russian strategic nuclear forces.

At the September 2026 New Delhi summit, the joint declaration reaffirmed three pillars.

They were political and security cooperation, economic and financial cooperation, and cultural and people-to-people exchanges.