نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشجوی دکتری گروه علوم سیاسی و روابط بین الملل، دانشکده حقوق، الهیات و علوم سیاسی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران. ایران
2 استاد دانشکده حقوق و علوم سیاسی دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران.
3 دانشیار گروه علوم سیاسی و روابط بینالملل، دانشکده حقوق، الهیات و علوم سیاسی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران. ایران
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Most of the investigations into Middle Eastern countries’ regional policy overlook the role of domestic variables, despite their significant impact on the regional policy and even their capacity to shaping regional strategy. In this regard, the main purpose of this qualitative research is to explain how domestic dynamics affected Saudi Arabia’s Middle East policy from 2011 to 2019. The data were collected through documentary research and analyzed using the diversionary theory of foreign policy. This research revealed that legitimacy deficit, power transition, and anxiety arising from the domestic consequences of the Arab Spring were influential in the formation of diversionary motives of Saudi Arabia to enter into regional conflicts or escalate geopolitical rivalries. This study suggests that strengthening ‘good governance’ is a vital component in mitigating regional conflicts and fostering peace; from this perspective, Saudi Arabia’s ‘focus’ on reform strategy, particularly economic development from 2019 onwards, has led to a considerable adjustment to the Saudi geopolitical rivalries, the alteration of its regional strategy to some extent and consequently, a sharp reduction in its diversionary motives to enter into regional conflicts.
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