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59 Pages : 605-611

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).59      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).59      Published : Jun 2020

Bilateral relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia: Implications for Regional Stability in the Middle East and North Africa

    The Middle East's geopolitical terrain has historically been marked by tensions and conflicts, with the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran being one of the most consequential factors. The global powers, particularly the US and China, should mediate the potential rapprochement between these regional powers. A study of the US and China's potential role as facilitators in the Iran-Saudi Arabian reconciliation reveals a complicated web of geopolitical, strategic, and economic variables. The changing global power structure and the possible alteration of regional dynamics are both significant. The paper delves into the changing relationships between Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Turkey in Northeast Africa. It explores the historical connections,recent developments, and each country's motivations in the region. Explaining the future course of Middle Eastern politics and the larger field of international relations requires understanding the subtleties of the policies formulated by the US, China, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.

    Middle East, North Africa, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Regional Stability.
    (1) Muhammad Tehsin
    Assistant Professor, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

57 Pages : 468-475

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).57      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).57      Published : Dec 2019

China's Grand Strategic Response over Global Unipolarity

    The USA, the victor of the Cold War, became supper power in 1992 and started to exercise its hegemony in the world. China, a Cold War ally of the US, became a stronger economy and came forward to encounter the Primacy of the US in Asia. In the name of peaceful development and cooperation, China has become the supreme exporter of the world and the second economy of the world. The advancement PRC has made in the arena of technology, military, space technology, its engagements in different regions, its soft balancing strategy in the world displays that China wants to perform as a forthcoming hegemon of the world. This paper analyze both the soft and hard balancing tactics of China to counter the omnipotence of the US in different regions of the world. The strategies of China illustrates that it is searching for a multipolar world.

    China, United States, Middle East, Soft Balancing, Africa
    (1) Shabnam Gul
    Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Aftab Alam
    PhD Scholar, Centre for south Asian studies, University of Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Faizan Asghar
    MPhil, Peace & Counter Terrorism Studies, Minhaj University Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

11 Pages : 177-189

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2017(II-II).11      10.31703/gssr.2017(II-II).11      Published : Dec 2017

Independent Kurdish State in Middle East: An Upcoming Epicenter of Middle East Power Politics

    The paper is an attempt to encompass the geo-political and geo-strategic fault lines which could put the region in a perpetual strategic dilemma leading to initiation of a strategic tug of war between the Middle Eastern Powers. The author has highlighted various pros and cons of establishment of an independent Kurdistan and its implications on the entire Middle Eastern Region. Moreover the author has analyzed various practical reasons behind the non-establishment of an independent state. Furthermore last part of paper focuses on the global and regional reactions on the establishment of new Kurd state followed by few policy options.

    Independent, Middle East, Kurds, Power, Control
    (1) Farhat Kounain
    Assistant Professor, Department of IR, National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (2) Ahmed Saeed Minhas
    Director, Research and Publication, ISSRA, National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (3) Ghulam Qumber
    Deputy Director, Research and Publication, ISSRA, National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan