Abstract
The strategic competition between Iran and Saudi Arabia is not circumscribed to ideological divergences rather imbibed in multiple factors, steming from economic, political and social paradoxes. Middle East is witnessing a new Cold War which involves transnational nexus, proxy wars and non-state actors striving to weaken state authority. The insecurity dilemma to keep domestic regimes intact instigates the states to proliferate their ideologies and expand their allies within the region so that a balance of power could be achieved. The struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia has become worse since the wave of Arab Spring had shattered the Middle Eastern region. The ideological synchronized countries are dissected into two blocs, one led by Iran which is Shia dominated state and the other have patronage of Sunni dominated Saudi Arabia. The long term power struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia to balance out the influence of their respective ideologies makes them involve in proxies wars which are counterproductive and devastating for the regional stability. The peace in the Middle Eastern region would prevail by taking the security dynamics earnestly by all the actors despite having ideological divergences and strategic competition. After all, the regions are connected and security has spillover effects. This paper underscores the strategic competition between the two traditional ideologically confronted states and underline the question of likely implications for Middle East.