An Analysis of the Causes and Goals of the UAE in Normalizing Relations with the Zionist Regime and Its Consequences on the National Security of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Authors

1 Corresponding Author, Ph.D. Candidate Imam Hossein University (AS), Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Political Sciences, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The Middle East is one of the most important international regions that has undergone profound and wide-ranging changes in recent years, especially after the Arab uprisings (2011), the UAE, despite its extensive relations with the Zionist regime over the years, as the third Arab country, officially declared its relations with the Zionist regime in September 2020, leaving behind a domino of normalization of relations between the Arabs and the Zionist regime. Moved from 26 years. In this framework, this article seeks to answer the main question, what are the most important influencing variables in making public relations between the United Arab Emirates and the Zionist regime, and what effect does this issue have on the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran? The findings of this article, emphasizing the balance of threats, show that balancing against the axis of resistance (and especially Brotherhood groups), thinking about the post-American Middle East and fearing Washington's policies, attracting American support and using Zionist lobbies, as well as benefiting from the benefits The technology of the Zionist regime is considered the main and influential variables in making public relations between the United Arab Emirates and the Zionist regime. Such an event has created a new geopolitical atmosphere for the Islamic Republic of Iran, which in the future can have an impact on the national power and regional influence of the resistance axis led by Iran.

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Security Horizons
Volume 15, Issue 55 - Serial Number 55
Summer Quarterly
November 2022
Pages 189-225

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  • Receive Date: 14 December 2021
  • Revise Date: 04 September 2022
  • Accept Date: 04 September 2022
  • Publish Date: 23 October 2022

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