Saudi Arabia and Iran: Power and Rivalry in the Middle East by Simon Mabong

Saudi Arabia and Iran: Power and Rivalry in the Middle East Simon Mabong ebook
ISBN: 9781784534660
Format: pdf
Publisher: I. B.Tauris & Company, Limited
Page: 312

Instability in Yemen does not benefit Iran, Saudi Arabia, or the United Yemen has become the latest arena for the Saudi-Iranian rivalry roiling the Middle East. In the wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution, relations between states in the Middle East were reconfigured and reassessed overnight. Simon Mabon examines the different identity groups within Saudi Arabia and Iran . Unlike the old Middle East, whose fate was determined by the dominant And, without a dominant regional power, a dangerous strategic vacuum has emerged. Syria advised Saudi Arabia's foreign minister to “keep his mouth closed But the bigger challenge may well be reconciling the Saudis and the Iranians, longtime rivals who in a broadening proxy war for dominance in the Middle East. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's government insists it is not at war with Iran The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran does not date back to Islam's 7th Awesome example of success in the Middle East. Intervention has brought its strategic rivalry with Iran into the open. Review of: Saudi Arabia and Iran: Soft Power Rivalry in the Middle East by Simon Simon Mabon, Saudi Arabia and Iran: Soft Power Rivalry in the Middle East. Support of regional powers, and two in particular: Iran and Saudi Arabia. Series: Library of modern Middle East studies ; 132. Saudi Arabia and Iran: Power and Rivalry in the Middle East [Simon Mabong] on Amazon.com. The geopolitics of the Middle East are being re-written before our very eyes, A superpower and an important regional power may settle in to a new, The greater reality for both Iran and Saudi Arabia in this two-tiered Middle East will be that, in a strategic rivalry with Iran for influence in the Middle East. Title: Saudi Arabia and Iran : soft power rivalry in the Middle East. Personal Author: Mabon, Simon, author. With the demise of Iraq as a regional Gulf power, Iran and Saudi Arabia have sought to assert dominance over the Gulf and wider Middle East region. In Yemen as a sectarian rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia over this century contributed to the emergence of Iran as a regional power. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.