abbas naderi
Abstract
The relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia underwent fundamental changes after the Islamic Revolution, and since then,they have been regulated by successive tensions and crises, and have rarely been normal. The geostrategic, geopolitical, geoeconomic and geocultural positions ...
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The relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia underwent fundamental changes after the Islamic Revolution, and since then,they have been regulated by successive tensions and crises, and have rarely been normal. The geostrategic, geopolitical, geoeconomic and geocultural positions of the two countries have made their relations very important for the region and the world, therefore,many researchers have focused on the relations between the two countries. But the thing to consider is that the vast majority of these researchers, both domestic and foreign,have analyzed the ups and downs relations between the two countries from the perspective of realism and considered the crisis and reoccurrence of crisis in their relations as a function of the principles and assumptions of realism and have analyzed. While the national interests and foreign policy and consequently the conflicts and crises of the two countries are the product of deep social and identity structures,and incidentally,the assumptions of realism are also understood based on the conflicting social and identity elements of the two countries. This research, with a side view of social construction and constructivism,is a conflict reading on the application of realism in their relationships. Therefore, the main question of this research is,is the paradigm of realism capable of explaining the successive crises in the relations between the two countries? The research data has seriously challenged the application of realism theory and questioned its jurisdiction. Analytical and descriptive method is used in this research and the method of data collection is documentary and library.
abbas naderi; godrat ahmadian; farhad daneshnia
Abstract
The Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia have been among the most important actors in the Persian Gulf region and West Asia, which have experienced ups and downs after the Islamic Revolution. Whereas before the Islamic Revolution, in spite of overt and covert rivalries, it pursued parallel goals ...
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The Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia have been among the most important actors in the Persian Gulf region and West Asia, which have experienced ups and downs after the Islamic Revolution. Whereas before the Islamic Revolution, in spite of overt and covert rivalries, it pursued parallel goals and interests, and a kind of convergence and relative stability prevailed in their relations. However, with the advent of the Islamic Revolution, conflicting social and identity structures were created between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which, as a result of these conflicting structures, inconsistent and inverted realities overshadowed their relations and dominated the conflict between the two countries. Hence, the pattern of conflicting relations between the two countries has been formed in such a way that peaceful relations in their relations have become fleeting and the occurrence of successive crises has become permanent and fundamental. This research uses a descriptive-analytical method to investigate the reasons and contexts for the recurrence of the crisis in the relations between the two countries and the research data show that the recurrence of the crisis in their relations is a function of deep social structures (such as political Islam versus Wahhabi Islam) and maladaptive elements of identity (such as revolutionaryism and historical Iranism versus Saudi conservatism and Arabism) and the conflicting speech acts of the two countries' political and religious elites.
