Rebuilding the Arab-American Alliance to Confront the Gulf Security Threats

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Kharazmi University

2 Allame Tabatabaei University

Abstract

One of the fundamental evolutions in the security of Persian Gulf region in recent situations, is the desire of Arab countries to regional alliance with the United States for the purpose of managing the middle east with special regard to the crisis in Syria and Yemen. Cooperation between United States and Arab Countries of Obama`s presidency, united states, in order to compete with China, had taken the strategic bonds with Arab countries. This study, by the of specification and description, seeks to answer this question that how the crisis in Syria and Yemen and the role of Iran being considered as a common thread, would lead to the reconstruction of alliance and union between Arab countries of Persian Gulf and United states? The results show that three factors paly important role in reconstructing the said alliance for the purpose of settling the disputes; Iran`s eminent role in the region afther establishment in Iraq, presence of Russian Security evolutions of the region and Persian Gulf , and common interests of United States and the Arab countries in the war against terrorism.

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World Politics
Volume 6, Issue 2 - Serial Number 20
September 2017
Pages 185-210

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