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The relative weakness of state authority in early twentieth-century Gulf history made the task of stabilizing the region arduous. This barred Saudi Arabia and Iran from retaining lasting ties of major significance, which was further complicated by Iran’s foreign policy outlook. Whereas the leaders in the Arabian peninsula preferred to persuade foreign powers as they fought amongst themselves (out of which process the Saudi state was formed), Iran’s more advanced and cohesive state structure, vibrant civil society, and long history of battling colonial influences placed it at odds with external powers in the region.
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Nadav Safran, SaudiArabia: The Ceaseless QuestforSecurity (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, first published 1985, paperback 1988), pp. 34–36.
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Gregory Gause, “The Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia,” in The Foreign Policies of Middle East States, ed. Raymond Hinnebusch and Anoushiravan Ehteshami (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002), pp. 194–198.
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Keynoush, B. (2016). Saudi Arabia and Iran in Early Twentieth Century. In: Saudi Arabia and Iran. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-58939-2_4
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