02 April، 2026
Al-Rafidain Center for Dialogue (RCD) has augmented its series of scholarly and intellectual publications with a new volume titled Security in the Gulf Region. Authored by Fatemeh Shayan, a researcher specializing in politics, energy, and security at the University of Isfahan, the work has been translated into Arabic by Rimah Haitham Salloum and Rami Muhammad Duraid Nawaya.

The volume is structured into three distinct parts that provide a comprehensive examination of theoretical perspectives regarding the security complex in the Arabian Gulf. It scrutinizes the trajectory of anti-American regionalism between 1980 and 2003, the escalation of the threat posed by Al-Qaeda following the Gulf War, and offers a critical analysis of the evolving security complex in the aftermath of the Iraq War.

In this study, the author seeks to delineate the constituent elements of regional security and their interrelationships, with a specific focus on the nexus among the region’s primary strategic pillars: Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Furthermore, the text explores the ramifications of successive geopolitical events within the Gulf and their enduring international implications.