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A self-fulfilling prophecy : the Saudi struggle for Iraq / Katherine Harvey and Bruce Riedel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harvey, Katherine (Professor in security studies), author.
- Riedel, Bruce O., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- In recent years, the geopolitical rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has dominated the headlines. Many have charted the polarisation between a Saudi-led Sunni camp and an Iranian-led Shia one, assuming that a predominantly Shia state like Iraq would automatically ally with Iran. In this compelling account, Katherine Harvey tells a different story: Iraq's current alignment with Iran was not a foregone conclusion. Rather, Saudi efforts to undermine Iran have paradoxically empowered it. Harvey investigates why the Saudis refused to engage with Iraq's post-2003 Shia-led government, despite continual outreach by Iraq's new leaders and considerable pressure from the United States.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-764404-X
- 0-19-764383-3
- 0-19-763290-4
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