The dilemma of competition for regional status after 2015 and its impact on regional and international security: Saudi Arabia and Iran as a model))

The dilemma of competition for regional status after 2015 and its impact on regional and international security: (Saudi Arabia and Iran as a model)The Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean region, including the Arab region in particular, are of great importance to many regional countries, as they are considered important strategic regions in the world and the need of most countries for their energy resources (oil and gas) and their need for the geographical location. This is because it represents a link between the Asian and European continents, and among those regional countries are the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran, between whom the competition has intensified to obtain and assume the position of the influential regional player and the leading state for the interactions taking place in the region. Therefore, major effects have appeared in the regional security environment of this competition, including dividing the region into areas of influence and impact between the two countries, and establishing alliances and counter-alliances by Saudi Arabia and Iran that included the countries of the region. Among the results of those policies pursued by those countries was the occurrence of imbalances in the security structure of the region, which in turn had a significant impact on regional and international security. The intensity of this competition fluctuated at different periods of time between extremism and détente. It was characterized over time by fluctuations between tension and improvement.