چکیده:
Southwest Asia has been involved with terrorist groups in the form of Takfiri terrorism in recent years, and the countries of the region have had different approaches to it. The present article attempts to study Saudi Arabia's foreign policy regarding this issue using an analytical method and utilizing domestic, regional, and international levels of analysis. The main question of the article is: what are the effective components of Saudi Arabia's foreign policy towards Takfiri terrorism? The main findings of the article show that at the domestic level, the influences of the monarchy and the influences resulting from the Wahhabism sect play a role, and at the regional level, competitive patterns with Iran in Saudi Arabia's foreign policy are significant. At the international level, Saudi Arabia's ideological capability to employ Takfiri terrorism in the proxy strategy of US foreign policy, especially in Syria, as well as confrontation with Russia in the field of Central Asia and the Caucasus, are the most important components affecting Saudi Arabia's foreign policy regarding Takfiri terrorism.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Factors Affecting Saudi Arabia's Foreign Policy towards Takfiri Terrorism: A Multi-level Analysis Mehdi Hedayati Shahidani 1 Sajjad Moradi Kalardeh 2 Received Date: 2014/05/15 Final Acceptance Date: 2014/08/12 Afaq-e Amniyat Quarterly / Year 7 / Issue 23 - Summer 2014 Abstract Southwest Asia has been embroiled in terrorist groups in the form of Takfiri terrorism in recent years, and the countries of the region have had different approaches to it.
The expansion of terrorist activities among the countries of Southwest Asia, which has largely taken a religious form, stems from multiple internal reasons (ethnic and sectarian divides, deprivation, and long-standing political impasses), regional reasons (existing patterns of competition, friendship, and enmity, and the efforts of major regional actors with different orientations to expand influence and support specific political groups in the involved countries), and international reasons (the long-term and large-scale presence of extra-regional forces and the dual policies of great powers in the region).
At the internal level, the effects ِ arising from the monarchical political system and also the increasing influence of the Wahhabi sect; at the regional level, concern over Iran's regional superiority; and at the international level, Saudi Arabia's proxy role due to the lack of direct United States intervention in the developments of the Arab Spring, especially in Syria, are considered among the most important factors.
In fact, in recent years, Saudi Arabia has faced several threats, especially at the regional level, such as the balance of power with the Islamic Republic of Iran and the developments of the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa, which it seeks to mitigate by organizing and expanding support for groups.
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