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China brokered Rapprochement: Contextualising Saudi-Iran Rivalry in West Asia

Author(s) Dr. Md. Zubeer Ahmed
Country India
Abstract Longstanding and arch rivals in West Asia, Iran and Saudi Arabia, who pulled out their diplomats and downgraded bilateral relations in 2016, had agreed on a rapprochement in their relations in March 2023. This time, it is not the Western states who were behind such a crucial and successful mediation effort in West Asia, rather, it was brokered by a new global actor— China. Therefore, it will be interesting to study the role of China as a peacemaker and the longevity of the Iran-Saudi rapprochement in the politically volatile West Asian region. As both the states have been competing and damaging each other in their quest to emerge as regional powers, especially since 1979. This rivalry is multilayered and deeply entrenched in their respective historical memories.
To understand the power politics between Iran and Saudi Arabia in the region, an attempt is made in the paper to analyse the efforts of these two countries to project themselves as regional powers. To explain the power politics in the region for regional power status by different states, in contemporary times, the paper has, first, examined the quests of Egypt, Iraq, and Israel and corresponding limitations of them becoming regional powers. Considering the long-standing and multilayered regional rivalry for supremacy between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the paper, in the second part, has examined the question—will China-brokered Iran-Saudi rapprochement be merely a temporary thaw in bilateral relations or will it turn into a long-lasting and comprehensive peace?
Keywords Iran, Saudi Arabia, Rapprochement, regional rivalry, China, West Asia
Field Sociology > Politics
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-10
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.62800
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