TY - JOUR T1 - A Comparative Study of Iran and Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Policy Objectives in Indonesia TT - Endonezya’da İran ve Suudi Arabistan Dış Politika Hedeflerinin Karşılaştırmalı Bir Çalışması AU - Ravi, Muhammad PY - 2019 DA - June DO - 10.33201/iranian.547988 JF - İran Çalışmaları Dergisi JO - İÇD PB - Ahmet YEŞİL WT - DergiPark SN - 2651-4370 SP - 121 EP - 147 VL - 3 IS - 1 LA - en AB - Looking from a geographical perspective, Indonesia andthe two most influential Islamic countries that promotes two majordenominations of Islam, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, are located in different partsof the world. However, holding the ground for the majority of Muslim in the worldmakes Indonesia a suitable place for Iran and Saudi Arabia to exercise theirinfluence. Since Iran and Saudi Arabia have a set of contradictory ideologies,the need to expand their influence is competitive. This article seeks to make acomparative study between Iranian and Saudi Arabian's foreign policy objectivesin Indonesia. The article starts by analyzing the foreign policy objectives ofthe two countries in Indonesia. Then, a comparative study is made between them.The main theory used in this work is based on neorealism to ascertain theobjectives of Iran and Saudi Arabia. The article uses secondary data that havebeen used in the literature. The article concludes that although theseobjectives have started becoming more economical, the religious aspectcontinues to play a dominant role in the foreign policy objectives of the twocountries. KW - Indonesia KW - Iran KW - Saudi Arabia KW - Foreign Policy KW - Objectives KW - Ideology N2 - Coğrafi bir perspektiften bakıldığında Endonezya ile iki büyükİslam mezhebini destekleyen İran ve Suudi Arabistan dünyanın farklıbölgelerinde bulunmaktadır. Coğrafi uzaklığa rağmen dünyadaki Müslümanlarınçoğunluğunu barındıran Endonezya, İran ve Suudi Arabistan'ın dini etkilerinikullanmaları için uygun bir yer olmaktadır. İran ve Suudi Arabistan bir dizikarşıt ideolojiye sahip olmaları sebebiyle siyasal etkilerini genişletme çabasındadırlar.Bu makale, İran ve Suudi Arabistan’ın Endonezya’daki dış politika hedeflerini karşılaştırmalıbir şekilde incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Makale iki ülkenin Endonezya'dakidış politika hedeflerini analiz ederek başlamaktadır. Daha sonra, aralarındakarşılaştırmalı bir çalışma yapılmaktadır. Makalede geçmiş literatürlerdekullanılan ikincil veriler kullanılmıştır. Teorik yaklaşım olarak İran ve SuudiArabistan'ın hedeflerini belirlemek için neorealizm perspektifi temelalınmıştır. Makalenin sonucunda ülkelerin hedeflerinin daha çok ekonomi kaynaklıolmasına rağmen zaman içinde dini yönün iki ülkenin dış politika hedeflerindebaskın bir rol oynamaya başladığı sonucuna varılmıştır. CR - BibliographyA. 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