despite of its occasional instability and at the confluence of East and West, these days is going through one of the worst political crises and unrests in recent decades. Some analysts consider what happening in Yemen, a competition or a sense “Cold War” between Iran and Saudi Arabia. In this context, the question that arises according to Aggressive Realism Theory is that “what’s the relationship between the aggressive attitude of Saudi Arabia towards the developments in Yemen and Islamic Republic of Iran’s regional role?” In response to this question, the hypothesis that puts to the test will be: “Saudi Arabia’s behavior on Yemen’s developments, in four levels of analysis [that is] international, regional, sub-regional and bilateral, is affected by the threat of Iran’s regional hegemony of the maturing of the Shiite thought in these areas.” The findings suggest that what lead Yemen into civil war, is competence of Sunni Saudi Arabia with Shi’ite Iran and its thread for maintaining and expanding influence and control as the key player in the region. But, Yemen’s complex crisis rooted in politics, ethnicity and tribalism in this country, which has the potential to inject more tension to bilateral relations of the major oil producers in the Middle East, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Samiei Isfahani, A. and Mousavi, S. A. (2015). Iran’s Regional Hegemony and Its Impact on Saudi’s Behavioral Model Towards Yemeni Developments. Political and International Approaches, 7(1), 85-115.
MLA
Samiei Isfahani, A. , and Mousavi, S. A. . "Iran’s Regional Hegemony and Its Impact on Saudi’s Behavioral Model Towards Yemeni Developments", Political and International Approaches, 7, 1, 2015, 85-115.
HARVARD
Samiei Isfahani, A., Mousavi, S. A. (2015). 'Iran’s Regional Hegemony and Its Impact on Saudi’s Behavioral Model Towards Yemeni Developments', Political and International Approaches, 7(1), pp. 85-115.
CHICAGO
A. Samiei Isfahani and S. A. Mousavi, "Iran’s Regional Hegemony and Its Impact on Saudi’s Behavioral Model Towards Yemeni Developments," Political and International Approaches, 7 1 (2015): 85-115,
VANCOUVER
Samiei Isfahani, A., Mousavi, S. A. Iran’s Regional Hegemony and Its Impact on Saudi’s Behavioral Model Towards Yemeni Developments. Political and International Approaches, 2015; 7(1): 85-115.
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