Saudi Arabia and Iran (eBook)

Friends or Foes?

Banafsheh Keynoush (Autor)

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2016
277 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-137-58939-2 (ISBN)

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In a riveting narrative based on accounts of her interactions with Saudi and Iranian politicians and rich archival material, a leading scholar on the Middle East unravels the mysteries of a contentious relationship. This seasoned observer of political and diplomatic worlds shatters the myth of the inevitability of sectarian conflict and that the diplomacy between Saudi Arabia and Iran is exhausted. Instead, Banafsheh Keynoush argues that it has yet to be explored, by recasting the partnership from a US-centered point of view to one based on how Saudi Arabia and Iran see their roles. Who is to blame and how to fix it is part of this penetrating historic account which captivates readers through accurate, non-sensational, and objective analysis. Keynoush recounts it all: the fears, misunderstandings, prejudices, and ambitions that have hobbled efforts to build a lasting partnership, creating a work that is important to both the expert and the layperson.

 

Banafsheh Keynoush is a foreign affairs scholar and an advisor to American private sector companies and policy centers in the Middle East. She received her PhD at Tufts University, USA, and was a visiting fellow at the King Faisal Center for Islamic Studies and Research, Saudi Arabia. A former assistant professor, she writes and speaks extensively on the Middle East.

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The mesmerizing story of two countries caught in history whose rivalry can destroy the world or restore its peace, this is the first book to untangle the complex relationship of Saudi Arabia and Iran by rejecting heated rhetoric and looking at the real roots of the issue to promise pathways to peace.

Inhalt

ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I 1. Overview of Saudi-Iranian Relations 2. How Religion Shaped the Saudi-Iranian RelationsPART II 3. Saudi Arabia and Iran in Early Twentieth Century 4. Early Diplomatic Relations5. Diplomatic Relations: 1955–63 6. Epoch of Saudi Arabian-Iranian Cooperation and RivalryPART III 7. Saudi Arabia and Revolutionary Iran8. Saudi-Iranian Détente PART IV 9. Saudi Arabia's and Iran's Quest for Stability after 9/1110. Saudi Arabia, Iran and Gulf Geopolitics: The Case of Iraq11. Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Levant Geopolitics: The Cases of Lebanon, Syria, PalestineConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.4.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XI, 277 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Abd al-Aziz Al Saud • Al Saud • Arabian Peninsula • Balance of Power • conflict • Diplomacy • Geopolitics • Gulf • Gulf Arab States • Gulf Cooperation Council • Iran • Iraq • Islamic Revolution • King Faisal • Lebanon • persian gulf • Revolution • saud • Saudi Arabia • Shi'i • Sunni • Syria • US • Wahhabism • Work
• ISBN-10: 1-137-58939-6 / 1137589396
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-58939-2 / 9781137589392