Analysis of foreign policy of Iran and Saudi Arabia in Syria

maryam goudarzi¹

1) Middle East and North African Studies graduate student of political science at Tehran University orientation

IOI Code : XYZH-ZAEAD
Publication : 2nd International Conference on Management and Humanities(2icmhconf.com)
Abstract :
    After the Second World War, the Persian Gulf region has gone through several critical changes that are considered as milestones in the history of developments in this area. Some of these milestones can be mentioned as the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Second Persian Gulf War, the events of 11 September and also Arabic developments. The consequences of the recent political instabilities, known as the Arabic developments in West Asia and North Africa in 2011 could influence on regional equations and have affected the strategies of the players who are involved in the region. Syria crisis is the concrete example of contrast between different strategies of involved regional and trans-regional rival actors. At the regional level, strategic competition between Iran and Saudi Arabia is vital in the context of this crisis. In this regard, this research has centered its work to review the positions of Iran and Saudi Arabia on the recent developments in Syria. In other words, the central question of this study is based on evaluating the positions and approaches of Iran and Saudi Arabia to the crisis in Syria. The hypothesis which has been tested in response to the main question rests in the fact that the positions of Iran and Saudi Arabia towards the Syrian crisis are based on two conflicting approaches, which is rooted in rivalry of these two governments for influence in the region.

Keywords : syria crisis saudi arabia iran regional actors security