"The world's largest Wahhabi state, Saudi Arabia, and the world's largest Shia state, Iran, face each other across the Persian Gulf. But the relationship between them is one of the most fraught in the world. This is usually attributed to sectarian differences, even by the states'...

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1. Verfasser:	Mohammad, Talal 1977- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delih ; Sydney I.B. Tauris 2023
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1979-2022 Geopolitik Außenpolitik Machtpolitik Iran Saudi-Arabien Saudi Arabia / Foreign relations / Iran Iran / Foreign relations / Saudi Arabia Persian Gulf States / Relations Diplomatic relations International relations Middle East / Persian Gulf States Saudi Arabia
Zusammenfassung:	"The world's largest Wahhabi state, Saudi Arabia, and the world's largest Shia state, Iran, face each other across the Persian Gulf. But the relationship between them is one of the most fraught in the world. This is usually attributed to sectarian differences, even by the states' own elites. However, this book shows that in their official speeches, newspaper editorials and Friday sermons, these elites use sectarian and nationalist references and tropes to denigrate each other and promote themselves in the eyes of their respective constituencies in the region. Talal Mohammad, who is fluent in both Arabic and Persian, examines Saudi-Iranian rivalry using discourse analysis of these religious, political and journalistic sources. Tracing what has been produced since 1979 in parallel, he argues for a consistent pattern of mutual misrepresentation, whereby each frames its counterpart as the 'Other' to which a specific political agenda can be justified and advanced. The book covers key events including the Iranian Revolution, the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, the Taliban war, the fall of Saddam, the Arab Spring, the rise of Mohammed bin Salman, and the war on ISIS. While until now Saudi-Iranian rivalry has been understood in primarily sectarian or geopolitical terms, the author argues here that the discursive othering serves as a propagandist function that supports more fundamental political and geopolitical considerations"
Beschreibung:	xii, 465 Seiten
ISBN:	9780755634729