CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Ali, Syed Saqib |
|---|---|
| Title | Security Dilemma or Geopolitics: Iranian-Saudi Security Policies in the Middle East |
| Summary | The thesis examines weather its geopolitics or security dilemma that plays the primary role in the formulation Iranian-Saudi security policies in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen, It further analyzes the role of security dilemma and geopolitics in the comprehensive national security strategy of both the countries. Research also applies Paul Roe’s categorization of security dilemma in the research model and finds out that Iranian-Saudi security dilemma fits into the category of “difficult to resolve short of war”. This provides us with some policy options to resolve the longstanding ideological differences between “Shia revolutionary republic” and “Wahhabi conservative monarchy”. |
| Supervisor | Sitter, Nikolai |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/ali_syed.pdf |
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