15. Politics of the Middle East

Regime Type and Foreign Policy Adventurism: Comparing Contested Successions in Iraq and Saudi Arabia - Russell E Lucas, Michigan State University

Causes or Factors of Rivalry Between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Past, Present and Future - Aras Syahmanssuri, Old Dominion University

From Strategic Hedging to Hard Balancing: The United Arab Emirates' Policy toward Iran - Ayman El-Dessouki, Cairo university; Yasin Mahmood Ababakr, Cairo University; Ola Rafik Mansour, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University

Saudi’s Version of Monroe Doctrine Towards Yemen - Gamal Gasim, Grand Valley State University