Effective actors on Iraq's participation and cooperation in the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Associate Professor of Strategic Defense Sciences, National Defense University

2 Assistant Professor of Defense Futures Studies at the National Defense University.

3 Associate Professor of Political Geography, University of Tehran.

4 PhD student in Strategic Defense Sciences, National Defense University

Abstract

Domestic, regional and International activists has a close relationship with political-security decision-making and bargaining as an effective mechanism in the relations of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council. Any regional developments can affect the balance of power between the Persian Gulf countries. For this reason, the main goal of this research is to explain the degree of importance and the degree of influence of internal, regional and extra-regional actors on Iraq's participation and cooperation in the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council. This research is applied and has been done by historical-correlation method. The collection of information is library and field and the sample size is 42 people. According to the findings of the research and based on Walt's defensive realism, Iraq's cooperation and participation in the three countries of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia is affected by the similar perceptions and feelings that these countries have regarding Iran's threats in the region; Therefore, these countries have adopted the threat balance policy to deal with Iran's threats against their interests and security, but the two countries of Qatar and Oman follow the interest balance policy in order to maintain the regional balance. According to the results of the research, the order of priority of actors influencing Iraq's participation and cooperation in the Cooperation Council includes: "regional actors", "Iraq", "international actors" and "J.A. Iran"..

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Strategic Defense Studies
Volume 23, Issue 99
April 2025
Pages 126-145

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