Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs

Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs

Hebrew-Arab Convergence and Its Implications for Security Arrangements in the Persian Gulf Region

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
2 Graduate Student, Department of International Relations, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran.
Abstract
In recent decades, differences, competitions, increased distrust, and conflicts between the countries bordering the Persian Gulf, as well as the presence and influence of extra-regional countries, have made it impossible to achieve comprehensive and lasting security arrangements, and on this basis, Arab countries in the region have sought to place themselves under the protective umbrella of other powers. In this regard, and after the Islamic Revolution, the major conflicting interests of the Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region with the Islamic Republic of Iran have made the realization of a security order more difficult and faced it with serious challenges. Especially during the past two decades, simultaneous with the increase in Iran's regional power, with the support of the United States, a groundwork has been provided for reconciliation and rapprochement between the Zionist regime of Israel and the Arab states in the region. In this context, it seems that the policy of reconciliation and convergence in Tel Aviv may have implications and consequences for the establishment of security arrangements in the region. Accordingly, the main question of the research is: what impact can the convergence of the Israeli regime and the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf have on the process of achieving regional security arrangements? The research hypothesis is that the expansion and development of Tel Aviv's relations with the governments of the Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region can make it difficult to achieve an internal security order by complicating regional equations and intensifying security problems in the region. The research method is qualitative and with an analytical-explanatory approach, and the data have been collected from library and internet sources. The balancing of threats theory has also been used to explain the research topic.
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Article Title Persian

تاثیر همگرایی عبری-عربی بر ترتیبات امنیتی منطقه خلیج فارس

Authors Persian

رضا اختیاری امیری 1
فاطمه جوانمرد 2
1 دانشیار، گروه روابط بین‌الملل، دانشگاه مازندران، بابلسر، ایران
2 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد، گروه روابط بین‌الملل، دانشگاه مازندران، بابلسر، ایران.
Abstract Persian

طی دهه های گذشته اختلافات، رقابت‌ها، افزایش بی‌اعتمادی، منازعات بین کشورهای حاشیه خلیج فارس و همچنین حضور و نفوذ کشورهای فرامنطقه ای سبب شده است تا دستیابی به ترتیبات امنیتی فراگیر و دوران‌زا امکان پذیر نباشد؛ و بر همین مبنا کشورهای عرب منطقه خود را تحت چتر حمایتی قدرت‌های دیگر قرار دهند. در این رابطه، و پس از وقوع انقلاب اسلامی، تضاد منافع عمده کشورهای عربی منطقه خلیج فارس با جمهوری اسلامی ایران شرایط را دشوارتر کرده و تحقق یک نظم امنیتی را با چالش جدی مواجه ساخته است. بویژه این که طی دو دهه گذشته همزمان با افزایش قدرت منطقه‌ای ایران، با حمایت ایالات متحده امریکا بستر برای مصالحه و نزدیکی رژیم صهیونیستی اسرائیل با دولت‌های عربی منطقه فراهم شده است. در همین چارچوب، به نظر می‌رسد سیاست مصالحه و همگرایی تل آویو، تبعات و پیامدهایی در راستای ایجاد ترتیبات امنیتی در منطقه بدنبال داشته باشد. بر این اساس، سوال اصلی پژوهش بر این مبنا قرار دارد که همگرایی رژیم اسرائیل و کشورهای عرب حوزه خلیج فارس چه تاثیری می‌تواند در روند تحقق ترتیبات امنیتی دروان زا داشته باشد؟ فرضیه پژوهش بر این مبنا قرار دارد که گسترش و توسعه مناسبات رژیم تل آویو با دولت‌های عرب حوزه خلیج فارس می‌تواند از طریق پیچیده کردن معادلات منطقه‌ای و تشدید معضل امنیتی در منطقه، دستیابی به یک نظم امنیتی درون‌زا را دشوار سازد. روش پژوهش حاضر کیفی و با رویکرد تحلیلی_تبیینی می‌باشد و داده‌ها از منابع کتابخانه‌ای و اینترنتی جمع‌آوری شده‌اند. برای تبیین موضوع پژوهش نیز از رهیافت موازنه تهدید استفاده شده است.

Keywords Persian

رژیم اسرائیل
ایران
منطقه خلیج فارس
همگرایی
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Volume 14, Issue 2 - Serial Number 38
November 2023
Pages 297-320

  • Receive Date 02 May 2024
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