Arab-Iranian Relations

by el-Din Haseeb, Khair

• ISBN13: 9781780766478
• ISBN10: 1780766475
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-03-25
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris

Summary

Relations between the Arab world and Iran have rarely left the headlines in the last few years, and remain a vital component of international relations in the Middle East. From early disputes over border issues to the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88, and from later antagonisms between Iran and Saudi Arabia to the current negotiations concerning nuclear weaponry, Syria and other factors, Arab-Iranian relations often hold the key to understanding the conflicts that occur throughout the region. But far from concluding that Arabs and Iranians are inevitably trapped in an antagonistic, and often violent, confrontation, this book instead looks also to examples of and prospects for co-operation and development. Through analysis of a variety of aspects which influence Arab-Iranian relations, such as economic ties, public perception of the relationship, gender dimensions and education, this book offers a comprehensive examination of a vital component of international relations and diplomacy in the Middle East.

Author Biography

Khair El-Din Haseeb is the founding Director of the Centre of Arab Unity Studies in Beirut. From 1976 to 1984, he served as Chief of the Natural Resources Science and Technology Division of the United Nations' Economic Commission of Western Asia. Previous to that he was Professor of Economics at the University of Baghdad and he served as Governor and Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of Iraq from 1963 to 1965. He is the author of numerous books and articles in both Arabic and English, on subjects such as Arab unity, Arab nationalism and the future of the Arab world in the wake of the Arab spring.

Table of Contents

PART I: HISTORICAL TIES BETWEEN ARABS AND IRANIANS
1. Arab-Iranian Relations: Historical Background; Abdul Aziz ad-Duri
2. Arab-Iranian Ties: Historical Precedents, Present and Future Confluences; Ahmad Luwasani
PART II: ARAB-IRANIAN ECONOMIC TIES: CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR DEVLEOPMENT
3. Geo-Economics of OPEC Members in the Middle East; Ali Shams Ardekani
4. Contemporary Arab-Iranian Economic Relations; Jassem Khaled al-Saadoun
PART III: MUTUAL AWARENESS BETWEEN ARABS AND IRANIANS
5. Mutual Awareness between Arabs and Iranians; Wajih Kawtharani
6. Mutual Awareness between Arabs and Iranians; Hadi Khesroshahi
PART IV: THE POLITICAL AND MEDIA MESSAGE OF GOVERNMENTS AND ELITES AND ITS IMPACT ON ARAB-IRANIAN TIES
7. The Media and Arab-Iranian Relations; Fehmi Houwaidi
8. The Iranian and Arab Elites and the Evolving Rationality; Mashaallah Shams al-Waezin
PART V: THE IMAGE OF ARABS AND IRANIANS IN SCHOOLBOOKS
9. The Image of the Arabs in Iranian Schoolbooks; Ghoulam Ali Haddad Adel
10. The Image of the Iranians in Arab Schoolbooks; Talal Atrissi
PART VI: THE STATUS OF ARAB AND IRANIAN WOMEN
11. The Status of Women in Contemporary Iran: Trends and Prospects; Massoumeh Ebtekar
12. The Status of Women in the Arab World; Mariam Selim
PART VII: BORDER AND TERRITORIAL DISPUTES BETWEEN ARABS AND IRANIANS
13. The Dispute Between the United Arab Emirates and Iran over Three Islands; Shimlan el-Issa
14. Iraq-Iranian Boundary and Territorial Disputes; Sayyar al-Jamil
15. Arab-Iranian Territorial Disputes: Cooperation in the Region, not Confrontation; Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh
PART VIII: THE KURDISH QUESTION
16. Arab and Iranian Positions on the Kurdish Question; Saad Naji Jawad
17. The Kurdish People: From Confrontation to Coexistence; Saideh Lotifan
PART IX: THE PALESTINE QUESTION IN ARAB-IRANIAN RELATIONS
18. The Palestine Question In Arab-Iranian Relations; Ahmad Sudki el-Dajani
19. The Palestine Question in Arab-Iranian Relations; Zamel Saeedi
PART X: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN IRAN AND THE ARAB UNION
20. Arabs and Iran: State, Islam and Civil Society; Ridwan el-Sayyed
21. Civil Society in Iran: Continuity and Change; Mohammad Hadi Semati
PART XI: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE ARAB AND IRANIAN CORNERS, AND SENSITIVITY OF INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS TO THEIR TIES
22. Arab-Iranian Rapprochement: The Regional and International Impediments; Mahmood Sariolghalam
23. Arabs and Iranians in the 'New World Order'; Niveen Abdulmonem Masaad
PART XII: THE MIDDLE EAST ORDER
24. Arab and Iranian Policies Towards Middle Easternism and Gulf Security; Mohammad el-Sayed Selim
25. Arabs and Iranians and the Concept of a 'Middle East Order'; Mohammad Ali Muhtadi
PART XIII: THE PLACE OF ARAB-IRANIAN RELATIONS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD FRAME
26. The Place of Arab-Iranian Relations in the Islamic World Frame; Mohammad Ali Azarshab
27. The Place of Arab-Iranian Relations in the Islamic World; Michel Nawfal