Structural analysis of Iran-Saudi Arabia Conflict

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1 Corresponding author, Ph.D of international relations of Guilan University and lecturer at TorbatHeydarieh, Chenaran, Quchan and Farouj universities

2 Professor, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, University of Guilan

3 Faculty Member of Guilan University

Abstract

The analysis of Iran-Saudi security controversy is a structural aspect of this paper.The powers of Iran and Saudi Arabia, according to a new theory of realism, have always faced the difficulty of insecurity. So, the basic question that make up this paper are as follows: The imbalance in the triangular power balance of the Middle East with the collapse of Iraqi power in 2003howhas led to an intensification of the conflicts as a result of new realism?How does the formation of US competition (as superior power and hegemony of the international system) affect Iran as a major regional power in terms of new realism on Iran-Saudi relations )as second-rate power(?By default, the analysis of the Iran-Saudi conflict is due to the conflicts of the international system, which is overlapping with regional contradictions. Given the fact that Iran-Saudi Arabia has historically a background in conflict of identity, Thus, the conflict with the sectarian form has taken place. From this perspective, structural contradictions have diminished to an ideological conflict. Because the struggle is not a cause, but merely a consequence that has emerged in the form of a sectarian-identity struggle.

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Strategic Studies of public policy
Volume 9, Issue 30
July 2019
Pages 265-281

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