Power Shifts in the Saudi-Iranian Strategic Competition

2019/01/01 by Aidan Parkes · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Chemistry · #Islamic Studies and History #Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts #Religion and Society Interactions #Sectarianism #Polarity (international relations) #Islam #Competition (biology) #Power (physics) #Political science #Positive economics #Political economy #Sociology #Economics #Geography #Chemistry #Ecology #Biology #Law #Physics

paper · open access · doi:10.18278/gsis.4.1.3

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Abstract

This article analyses the ascensions of two Islamic powers, and how their ascensions have aligned, commensurate to trends in global polarity. While religious incongruence underpins an aversion that is predicated on sectarianism, structural implications of polarity remain pervasive, and omnipresent in explaining the way states interact with one another.

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