The regional competition between Iran and Saudi Arabia and its impact on the security of the Persian Gulf based on offensive realism

Subject Areas : Iran

Nader  Molaeian ¹ (Azad University of Zanjan Faculty of Political Science and International Relations)

Received: 2023-07-05 Accepted : 2023-10-24 Published : 2023-10-23

Keywords: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Security, Conflict, Persian Gulf, Offensive realism, National interests, regional balance, regional geography, Middle East extra-regional powers,

Abstract :

This article is prepared and organized based on the security conditions of the Persian Gulf and providing solutions for stability and security in this sensitive international region. Stable security in this geo-strategic, geo-cultural and geo-political region of the world is of great importance due to the route of energy passage and estimation of more than 90% of fossil energies (in 2030). The geography of the Persian Gulf, which is separated from the Sea of Oman by the Strait of Hormuz, consists of the following countries: Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar, which are important and vital for the world in terms of economy and fossil energy production. Is. Britain's withdrawal from this region and its replacement by the United States in 1970 has caused many ups and downs in this region of the Middle East. This year, the United States used the two countries of Iran and Saudi Arabia as two pillars of regional security to reduce the tension between the two countries and a barrier against communism in a plan called the Nixon-Kessinger doctrine (two-pillar security).