چکیده:
A retrospective analysis spanning over two decades of tensions between Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran indicates an escalating security dimension to these disputes. This article seeks to illustrate that despite substantial global community’s backing for Saudi Arabia in terms of military and security assistance, the surge in Iran's operational influence across the region, particularly since 2001, prompted Riyadh to adopt progressively Aggressive measures and approaches to undermine Iran's capabilities. Consequently, countering Iran's regional role and influence became a central concern, resulting in an upswing of insecurity in the Middle East. In response to the core query, "How have security threats impacted the aggressiveness of Saudi Arabia's foreign policy towards the Islamic Republic of Iran?” this paper has examined the hypothesis that "threat-oriented foreign policy of Saudi Arabia has led to increasing of the aggressive measures, crisis-creating and securitization from the Islamic Republic of Iran regional behaviors by Saudi Arabia." the research employs the framework of offensive realism, utilizes a qualitative approach to explain the causes, processes and consequences of Saudi Arabia's conduct towards Iran. The objective of this study is to demonstrate that Riyadh's aggressive foreign policy within the region wasn't solely a defensive response to alleged Iranian threats against Saudi interests
خلاصه ماشینی:
The general issue of this article is to show that despite the widespread support of the international community for Saudi Arabia in military and security dimensions, the increase in Iran's operational power in the region, specifically from 2001 onwards, caused Riyadh to gradually put more aggressive measures and approaches on its agenda to weaken Tehran's capabilities and stop Iran's regional role and influence, which led to increased insecurity in the Middle East.
Mohammad Mansouri Moghadam (1394) in the book "Regional Developments and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Policy towards the Islamic Republic of Iran (1991-2012)," by emphasizing this country's negative definition of the concept of security, increased power, and regional role, has stated that Iran is the factor behind Riyadh's perception of Tehran as a threat and the necessity for greater confrontation with it.
Mahmoud Babaei and Parisa Shahmohammadi (1401), in their article, have evaluated the aggressive turn of Saudi Arabia's foreign policy as aiming to balance against Iran's increasing role, maximizing influence on the internal crises of countries allied with the Islamic Republic of Iran, establishing Riyadh's desired security order, and the gradual normalization of Saudi Arabia's relations with the Israeli regime.
This expansionist approach, which was undertaken to confront the increasing threats of rivals, shape the peripheral security environment, enhance influence, and guarantee its own security, caused Riyadh to evaluate the presence and influence of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the region as being in conflict with its own security goals and interests, and to attempt to weaken its role by adopting an aggressive foreign policy.
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