Analysis of Geopolitical Obstacles in Relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia from the Perspective of Political Sociology
Mohammad Hamed Lamei
1
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Ph.D. student of International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz branch, Tabriz, Iran
)
Mohammad Yousefi Joybari
2
(
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz branch, Tabriz, Iran. Corresponding author: yousefijouybari@iaut.ac.ir
)
Reza Khodaei Mahmoudi
3
(
Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Marand Branch, Iran-Marand
)
Submited date : 2023-01-28
Accepted date : 2023-02-27
Keywords:
Iran,
Foreign policy,
Saudi Arabia,
Middle East,
Geopolitics,
Abstract :
In recent years, relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia have become a scene of conflict in regional equations and order in Southwest Asia. The Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia, as two long-standing rivals, have competed with each other in this region and the Islamic world due to the geostrategic and geoeconomic characteristics of the Persian Gulf region as well as their specific geopolitical and ideological conditions. The security, economic, commercial and cultural-social relations of both countries are strongly affected by the foreign policy of the two countries. Many contradictions between Iran and Saudi Arabia can be seen in the form of identity and geopolitical signs. The aim of the present research is to analyze the sociological barriers of geopolitics that prevent the establishment of stable and stable relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia. The research method is documentary and analytical, and documentary sources have been used to explain the problem. The intensification and strengthening of the geopolitical crisis, the expansion of the conflict and the intra-regional competition in Southwest Asia are among the geopolitical obstacles that have prevented the formation of good relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and these geopolitical obstacles cannot be resolved. He expected stable relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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