Caroline F. Tynan is currently an ACLS/Mellon postdoctoral research fellow at the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York, where she works to identify long-term trends in legal, discursive, and physical threats to journalists around the world. Her research interests include the dynamics of authoritarianism, regime transitions, and foreign policy, with particular focus on the politics of the MENA region.

• 1. Introduction and theoretical overview 2. Saudi resilience in the face of Nasserism: strengthening ideology, developing dynasticism 3. Saudi response to Nasserism: indirect aggression balanced with ideology and foreign support 4. From co-optation to aggressive legitimation: the evolution of Saudi regime survival strategies since 2011 5. Constructing legitimacy through external threat: the 2015 intervention in Yemen 6. Conclusion Bibliography Appendix A: Interviews Appendix B: Twitter data

Caroline F. Tynan is currently an ACLS/Mellon postdoctoral research fellow at the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York, where she works to identify long-term trends in legal, discursive, and physical threats to journalists around the world. Her research interests include the dynamics of authoritarianism, regime transitions, and foreign policy, with particular focus on the politics of the MENA region.

• 1. Introduction and theoretical overview 2. Saudi resilience in the face of Nasserism: strengthening ideology, developing dynasticism 3. Saudi response to Nasserism: indirect aggression balanced with ideology and foreign support 4. From co-optation to aggressive legitimation: the evolution of Saudi regime survival strategies since 2011 5. Constructing legitimacy through external threat: the 2015 intervention in Yemen 6. Conclusion Bibliography Appendix A: Interviews Appendix B: Twitter data

Caroline F. Tynan is currently an ACLS/Mellon postdoctoral research fellow at the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York, where she works to identify long-term trends in legal, discursive, and physical threats to journalists around the world. Her research interests include the dynamics of authoritarianism, regime transitions, and foreign policy, with particular focus on the politics of the MENA region.

• 1. Introduction and theoretical overview 2. Saudi resilience in the face of Nasserism: strengthening ideology, developing dynasticism 3. Saudi response to Nasserism: indirect aggression balanced with ideology and foreign support 4. From co-optation to aggressive legitimation: the evolution of Saudi regime survival strategies since 2011 5. Constructing legitimacy through external threat: the 2015 intervention in Yemen 6. Conclusion Bibliography Appendix A: Interviews Appendix B: Twitter data