The Twin Pillars of the Gulf: Iran, Saudi Arabia, & Their Gulf Neighbors
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The course examines Persian Gulf politics through the prism of Iran and Saudi Arabia-their history, domestic evolutions, foreign policy, ideology and position in the Persian Gulf. Once known in the American foreign policy establishment as the Twin Pillars of the Gulf, as they both supported American political and economic interests up until 1979, Iran and Saudi Arabia have followed similar economic and political trajectories. The outcome of such paths however, have been decidedly different. In addition to weighing in on the competing strains and dominating regional position of these two Persian Gulf heavyweights, the course assess the impact of these states on those of the smaller Gulf countries: Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar and Yemen.
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