SAUDI-IRAN STRATEGIC RIVALRY IN POST-ARAB SPRING ERA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON PAKISTAN
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2021
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UMT.lahore
Abstract
This research sheds light on the fact that how Saudi-Arabia and Iran are exploiting the
political mayhem in numerous Middle Eastern states to expand their certain geo-strategic interests
at the expense of each other? Further, it undertakes an extensive investigation of the ideological
and religious dimension of Saudi-Iranian strategic competition in fueling a new cold war in the
Middle East. In addition, this underlying work also encompasses the case studies of states of
Bahrain, Yemen and Syria, which have become a latest flashpoint of Saudi-Iranian proxy conflict
in post-Arab spring era. It also takes into consideration the impact of Arab uprising in sparking a
ceaseless contestation for regional hegemony between the two venomous states. Alongside this,
it also highlights the numerous implications of Iranian nuclear program in disrupting the balance
of power in Middle Eastern context. To add further, the assigned work also speculates either the
Iranian nuclear program will serve as a prelude in the nuclearization of the Arab world or not?