Author : Somayeh sadat moosavian ; zohreh ghadbeigy ; maryam jafari
Keyword : Foreign policy, iran, saudi arabia, wahhabism, islamic revolution, middle east
Subject : Social sciences
Article Type : Original article (research)
DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.6369992
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Abstract : Before the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the two countries' foreign policies were defined under the banner of a bipolar system to preserve US interests in the region and establish a security order. The factors of oil, regional balance, Hajj, non-Arab and Arab confrontation, and the role of political elites in bilateral relations were also discussed. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution with its religious and democratic nature, the Islamic Republic was confronted with the political and religious existence of this country (Saudi). The threatening attitude of Saudi Arabia's regional rivals led them to pursue sometimes contradictory policies based on conservation of the Kingdom of Al-Saud. Thus, influenced by actors and events at three levels: domestic, regional, and international in political, economic, religious, and cultural dimensions, the foreign policies of the two countries have always had the same orientation. But after the Islamic Awakening in the Middle East subsystem and the disruption of the security order in the region, the foreign policies of the two countries has shifted in the other direction. This article introduces the main principles and factors that shape and influence the foreign policy of Iran and Saudi Arabia in both aspects of applied and declared foreign policy. Due to the many ups and downs in the foreign policy process of the two countries and its wide dimensions, the period in question has been considered since the coming to power of Salman bin Abdulaziz. The question that we are trying to answer in this article is what are the factors that determine the foreign policy of the two countries in this period? And how has each factor played a role in the foreign policy of the two countries?
Article by : Zohreh Ghadbeigy
Article add date : 2022-04-28
How to cite : Somayeh sadat moosavian , zohreh ghadbeigy , maryam jafari. (2022-April-28). Factors influencing iran and saudi arabia foreign policies towards each other. retrieved from https://www.openacessjournal.com/abstract/1056