Perubahan Sosial Budaya Kerajaan Arab Saudi Sebagai Pengaruh Proxy War dalam Konflik Suriah Tahun 2011-2018

Abstract

The research entitled "Socio-Cultural Changes of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the Effect of Proxy War in the Syrian Conflict in 2011-2018" is a study that analyzes the shift in the social and cultural life of the Saudi Arabian community who are involved as state actors in the Proxy War caused by the Syrian conflict. In 2011, there was a democratic revolution in the Middle East region known as the Arab Spring. This initiated Bashar al-Assad as leader in Syria that year to carry out a revolution that led to internal conflict due to his authoritarian attitude. In this research, the author uses a descriptive-qualitative data analysis method. With data obtained through literature study of books, reports, journals, theses, and other literature through electronic media. In the process of interpretation as data processing, the author uses the theory of social and cultural change proposed by Auguste Comte (1798-1857). The results obtained by the author are: 1) The Proxy War in the Syrian conflict occurred due to the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran. 2) The conflict experienced by Saudi Arabia creates a cultural shift with the emergence of occupational groups that eliminate the value of kinship as Saudi Arabia's culture. 3) Saudi Arabia is a stable region because it has good bilateral relations in the international world.