Saudi Arabia and Iran: Power and Rivalry in the Middle East
(Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Saudi Arabia and Iran: Power and Rivalry in the Middle East
By (Author) Simon Mabon
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
I.B. Tauris
22nd February 2019
2nd edition
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
International relations
Social groups: religious groups and communities
Nuclear weapons
327.538055
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
352g
Description
In the wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution, relations between states in the Middle East were reconfigured and reassessed overnight. Amongst the most-affected was the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The existence of a new regime in Tehran led to increasingly vitriolic confrontations between these two states, often manifesting themselves in the conflicts across the region, such as those in Lebanon and Iraq, and more recently in Bahrain and Syria. In this new and revised second edition, Simon Mabon examines the different identity groups within Saudi Arabia and Iran (made up of various religions, ethnicities and tribal groupings), proposing that internal insecurity has an enormous impact on the wider ideological and geopolitical competition between the two. With analysis of this heated and often uneasy relationship and its impact on the wider Middle East, this book is vital for those researching international relations and diplomacy in the region.
Reviews
This book is essential reading for any informed understanding of a relationship whose scope and dynamic will likely shape the political and strategic landscape of the Middle East in the years ahead. -- Clive Jones, Professor of Regional Security, Durham University
An impressive work that leaves the reader with a strong and nuanced understanding of the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and how it affects the internal and foreign policies of both nations As diplomacy continues between Iran and the P-5+1, diplomats would do themselves a service by picking up Mabons book. -- Stephen McGlinchey * e-International Relations *
Author Bio
Simon Mabon is Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, UK and a research associate with the Foreign Policy Centre. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Leeds.
