{"id":3764,"date":"2024-03-25T11:41:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T11:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:42:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T11:42:35","slug":"pakistan-caught-between-iran-and-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=3764","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan caught between Iran and Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3764\" class=\"elementor elementor-3764\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f703255 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f703255\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-382ddbe\" data-id=\"382ddbe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96b028b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96b028b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deakin.edu.au\/about-deakin\/people\/zahid-ahmed\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zahid Shahab Ahmed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deakin.edu.au\/about-deakin\/people\/shahram-akbarzadeh\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shahram Akbarzadeh<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Affiliation: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deakin.edu.au\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deakin University Australia<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Organization\/Publisher: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Routledge\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">June 16, 2020\/UK<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Article\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Number of Pages: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">16<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09584935.2020.1779181\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09584935.2020.1779181<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Keywords: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Neutrality, Foreign Policy<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>Brief<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The article focuses on Pakistan\u2019s claim of neutrality in its foreign policy toward Muslim countries, specifically with Saudi Arabia and Iran. The authors argue that external and internal factors, such as sectarian demographics, cultural relations, geography, economic and geopolitical realities have shaped Pakistan\u2019s foreign policy objectives and its neutrality. Historically, Pakistan\u2019s relations were cordial both with Saudi Arabia and Iran. During the Soviet invasion (1979-1988), Pakistan and Iran supported Mujahedeen to fight against the Soviet Union with the help of Saudi Arabia. But the changing dynamics in Afghanistan and Pakistan\u2019s support for Taliban government affected its relations with Iran. Pakistan\u2019s security dilemma has sought to keep its alliance with greater power which is also connected with economic benefits. Pakistan\u2019s economic reliance on Saudi Arabia is not mirrored in its relationship with Iran. The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) placed Pakistan in a difficult situation in which it moved from refusal to join to outright support of the military alliance, while the balance of Pakistan\u2019s foreign policy has been tilted towards Saudi Arabia. The authors conclude that Pakistan has found it difficult to remain neutral as tensions increase between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Pakistan\u2019s concern over expanding Indo\u2013Iran relations, sectarian concerns and, to a lesser extent, economic considerations have pushed Pakistan away from Iran into the Saudi orbit.<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><b>By:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Razia Wadood, CIGA Senior Research Associate<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Shahram Akbarzadeh Affiliation: Deakin University Australia Organization\/Publisher: Routledge\u00a0 Date\/Place: June 16, 2020\/UK Type of Literature: Article\u00a0 Number of Pages: 16 Link: https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09584935.2020.1779181 Keywords: Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Neutrality, Foreign Policy Brief: The article focuses on Pakistan\u2019s claim of neutrality in its foreign policy toward Muslim countries, specifically with Saudi Arabia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":3765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-and-southeast-asia"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pakistan-caught-between-Iran-and-Saudi-Arabia.jpg",870,489,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pakistan-caught-between-Iran-and-Saudi-Arabia-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pakistan-caught-between-Iran-and-Saudi-Arabia-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pakistan-caught-between-Iran-and-Saudi-Arabia-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pakistan-caught-between-Iran-and-Saudi-Arabia.jpg",870,489,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pakistan-caught-between-Iran-and-Saudi-Arabia.jpg",870,489,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pakistan-caught-between-Iran-and-Saudi-Arabia.jpg",870,489,false]},"author_info":{"info":["CIGA Staff"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=34\" rel=\"category\">South &amp; 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