Document Type : Original Independent Original Article

Authors

1 PhD student of International Relations, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran

2 Associate Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran

Abstract

first","militarism"and"economic nationalism",and his main attitude towards foreign policy is based on interests and trade.In this approach, recognition the strategy and components of the Trump administration's foreign policy in the Middle East is of particular importance.This article seeks to explain the Trump administration's foreign policy process in the Middle East and its influencing variables by applying theories of neorealism and economic nationalism and using the descriptive method.In the following,it analyzes the relevance of Trump's Middle East policy to reducing the tension between Israel and Saudi Arabia using an analytical method.

The findings of research show that are having a common enemy in the name of Iran, the axis of Islamic resistance,Islamic awakening and Iran nuclear deal with theP5+1.They also seek to portray a negative image of Iran and present it as a common threat to the Sunni Arab states of the region and the Zionist regime and to shift the focus of the crisis from the Arab- Israeli conflict to the Shiite- Sunni conflict.

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Donald Trump's foreign policy in the Middle East and its impact on reducing the tension between Israel and Saudi Arabia

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