Media War: The Challenge of Political Islam Based on Iranian Shia and Saudi Wahhabi Based Model of Bahrain
Subject Areas :Karamreza Karamian 1 , Hengameh Alborzi 2
1 - دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد روابط بین الملل دانشگاه رازی کرمانشاه
2 - دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد روابط بین الملل دانشگاه اصفهان
Keywords: Foreign Policy, Islamic awakening, media diplomacy, political representation, Bahrain crisis,
Abstract :
Abstract Nowadays one of the important international discussions is the developments that have occurred in the Middle East region. Movements that are called Arab Spring which have emerged from the awakening of the nations for achieving their due rights and demand for implementing reforms in dictatorial regimes of the Middle East region. One of these developments that has affected Bahrain, is the wave of Islamic awakening and extension of its reach to Kingdom of Bahrain. This development in Bahrain has led to a competition between two models of Shia Iran and Wahhabi Saudi Arabia. The lack of agreement between the two countries on question of Bahrain uprising has brought the two on the threshold of a proxy war in the field of Media. The present article by making use of politics of representation approach wants to examine the media diplomacy of the two countries vis-à-vis Bahrain crisis. The article also wants to answer a question that what role Bahrain crisis plays in the foreign policy of the two countries? What media diplomacy the two countries pursue vis-à-vis Bahrain? The underlying hypothesis is that the assumption of the Islamic Republic of Iran is that Bahrain developments is an Islamic awakening movement influenced and inspired by Islamic revolution of Iran and the assumption and representation of Saudi Arabia is that Bahrain uprising is merely an Arabic problem. These two conflicting outlook of the two countries had led to the confrontation of their viewpoints
