Journal of Political Sciences & Public Affairs
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Abstract

The Islamic Revolution and the Pragmatist Policies of the Leaders of the Arab World: A Comparison of the Policies of Saddam Hussein and Mohammed Bin Salman

Abdolreza Alishahi and Younes Forouzan

One of the most important challenges faced by many Western Asian countries is the issue of authoritarianism, dictatorship and pragmatist policies of their leaders. This issue is more tangible in the Arab world, especially when issues such as the leadership of the entire Arab world, security, legitimacy and efficiency. In this paper, the authors, using the comparative method and the use of written and virtual sources, seek to examine the Regarding the three important issues of authoritarianism, the issue of the suppression of Shiites in the region and hostile policies towards the Islamic Revolution of Iran. The findings of the paper indicate that Saddam Hussein and Mohammed bin Salman are like each other in large issues such as the process of transfer of power, political repression and oppression, the challenge of the Shiites, the militarization of the region, and, ultimately and challenge with Islamic Revolution in Iran and in the major issues such as ruling ideology, the expansion of political authority in the Arab world, economic policies, and, ultimately, relation with Zionism regime and finally in the reformism policies are differentiated each other.