صفرعلی رضایی

This study employs a realist framework to examine diplomacy within the context of policy-making and public policy, focusing on the threats and conflicts characterizing the relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia from 2011 to 2020. This analysis is guided by Iran’s General policy frameworks and aims to be practically applied, using a descriptive research method and relying on data gathered through a library-based approach. The study addresses the following central question: "What are the domains of competition in regional diplomacy between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia post-Islamic Revolution?" The research posits that regional conflicts between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia encompass political, religious, and ideological arenas, each subdivided into smaller areas. Regional dynamics have aggravated the crisis in their bilateral relations. Owing to the diplomatic and regional rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia, these evolving dynamics have intensified bilateral tensions and increased divergence.

Security, fighting insecurity and development are three important factors in every country, so thinkers have tried to find a relationship between them. Developing this relationship in developing countries such as Iran and Iraq considering the security approach is deeply difficult. On the other hand, middle east is a geo-political area which has common positive and negative aspects of the countries, which can on its own account, result in opportunities and threats. The internal challenges and the external threats has made middle east a fragile area. However, one can identify internal strengths and external opportunities which can bring along coherence, development, and security among the countries. Iran and Iraq have cooperation on the one hand, and opportunities and challenges on the other, some of which are related to the internal environment and some others to their regional and international spheres. To be coherent, they need a model based on the internal and external elements that can soothe the challenges at the expense of the opportunities. That being said, the chances for the security cooperation between Iran and Iraq has been stated in line with the general policies of the system. This study focuses on the following question: what impact does the security cooperation in national and international level have on the counter-terrorism plans (regional and international) of Iran and Iraq? To answer this, it is hypothesized that the counter-terrorism plans can bring the two countries closer from the political and security aspects to be more in line in combating against terrorism. To test out this hypothesis, after some theoretical and historical studies, a descriptive-analytical method was used to convergence theory between the two countries from the perspective of counter-terrorism and convergence. Then, the security and counter-terrorism plans were content-analyzed. Afterwards, it was attempted to investigate the geo-political realities of the region so that a convergence model for the region could be designed.

West Asia is undergoing major developments; several great revolutions have taken place in the region in the past few years, and on the other hand, war, terrorism, and the widespread involvement of international powers in it have severely challenged the independence and territorial integrity of the region and West Asia in full swing. Be inflammatory. The purpose of this article is to examine the political and security approach of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the crisis in the West Asian region. This article has studied this issue by collecting data through library study and citation. The purpose of national security policies is to protect the national interest, the status quo, the survival of the country and the like. The results show that in order to succeed in its international interactions in the West Asian region, both in the field of defense and in the field of foreign policy.

Islamic Revolution, especially after the events of 2011 (Arab developments), Iran has always been an active and effective presence in the region in order to increase security and implement a deterrent strategy based on strategic regional stability in the declared policies. And has considered actions. In the current period, with the increasing importance of regions, the hegemonic system for military presence, support for regional plans, prevention and confrontation of various threats and application of deterrence system, the establishment of military bases in the regions as a tool to exercise power is necessary. Iran's presence in different parts of the world, including West Asia (Middle East) as one of the important and strategic regions, in the form of various military bases (land, air, sea, etc.) is conceivable. These bases are at the forefront of the country's military and security efforts to dominate different parts of the world and to remain in the strategic cycle of power. Therefore, while using the documents, the article is used by descriptive, analytical method and its purpose is to provide various dimensions of deterrence strategies of the Islamic Republic of Iran in West Asia as a result of the Islamic Revolution in West Asia and the world. Accordingly, the results showed that the deterrent strategy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in West Asia is based on alliance with pro-Iranian Shiite forces and strengthening the axes of the resistance front, which has resulted in increasing the national power of the Islamic Republic of Iran.