This book offers a nuanced snapshot of the complex geopolitical dynamics in the Persian Gulf, highlighting the interactions among Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the US. Examining their interwoven relations since the 1970s, Luíza Cerioli's framework reveals how changes in US-Saudi ties have ripple effects on Iran-US and Iran-Saudi relations and vice versa. Using a historical lens, she explores how enduring US-Saudi connections hinge on expectations of order, delves into the cognitive factors shaping US-Iran enmity, and traces the sources of oscillation in Saudi-Iran ties. Employing Neoclassical Realism, the book investigates status-seeking, national identities and leadership preferences, offering a deeper understanding of the region's multipolar system. By combining International Relations and Middle East Studies, Cerioli's work contributes to both fields, unraveling the intricate interplay between international structures, regional nuances and agency in shaping Persian Gulf geopolitics.
Cerioli, L. (2026). Green Windows of Opportunity, Extractivism, and the Geopolitics of the Energy Transition: Navigating Development Challenges in the Global South, Geopolitics, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2026.2659603
Cerioli, L. (2026). ‘But we are a rich nation!’: the persistent extractivist development myth in Algeria and Venezuela. Territory, Politics, Governance, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2026.2641057
Cerioli, L. (2025). Neoclassical Realism, Global International Relations, and the unheard echoes of Realist practices from the South. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 27 (1), 369-386. https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481241230858
Cerioli, L. and Barasuol, F. (2025). Crossing the ‘Global South Frontier’: Exploring Who, How, and When Latin American IR Makes the Local Global. Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, 19 (3), 81-106. https://doi.org/10.51870/VTWE9568
Heibach, J. and Cerioli, L. (2024). Saudi Arabia’s ambivalent stance on the Russia-Ukraine war: balancing regime stability and equal sovereignty. Contemporary Security Policy, 45 (4), 670-683. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2024.2384006
Cerioli, L. (2024), Searching for a substitute: Algeria and Venezuela as energy security alternatives for Europe?, Extractivism Policy Briefs, 01, 1-15 https://kobra.uni-kassel.de/handle/123456789/15419
Warnecke-Berger, Hannes; Cerioli, Luíza; Elsenhans, Hartmut; Bresser-Pereira, Luiz Carlos; Rugitsky, Fernando; Siebert, Johanna; Harvold Kvangraven, Ingrid (2024): Bringing heterodoxy back into a world of pessimism. Extractivism Occasional Papers, 1, 1-59. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.17170/kobra-202401299465
Cerioli, L. (2023). Saudi Arabian strategy reassessment since 2003: The emergence of a regional leadership via Neoclassical Realist lenses. International Area Studies Review, 26(3), 287-303. https://doi.org/10.1177/22338659231180059
Cerioli, L. (2023), Brazilian Development at a Standstill? Perspectives and Challenges for the New Lula Government, Extractivism Policy Briefs, 04, 1-16. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.17170/kobra-202308148614
Barasuol, F.; Cerioli, L. and Kalil, M. (2022): The Global South and its Perspectives: Expanding the Frontier of International Relations, Revista De Relações Internacionais Monções, (21), 11, 27–50. https://doi.org/10.30612/rmufgd.v11i21.16529
Cerioli, L. (2019). Driving in the middle of the road: Paradoxes of women’s role under the new Saudi Arabian Nationalism, Ex Aequo, (40), 49–64. https://doi.org/10.22355/exaequo.2019.40.04
Cerioli, L. (2018). Roles and International Behaviour: Saudi–Iranian Rivalry in Bahrain’s and Yemen’s Arab Spring, Contexto Internacional, 40 (2), 295–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-8529.2018400200010
Cerioli, L. (2018). Too much leadership for such a region: The competing status-seeking behaviors of Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia after 2011, Global Policy Journal, 90–105.
Cerioli, L. (2016), A Reproximação entre Estados Unidos da América e a República Islâmica do Irã, Revista de Estudos Internacionais, 7 (2), 107-129.
Cerioli, L. and Silva, E. (2016), La Securitización de la Medialuna Chiita. una perspectiva teórica de la Primavera Árabe de Bahréin y Yemen, Contra Relatos desde el Sur, 14, (5-16). https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/contra-relatos/article/view/15942/15758
Cerioli, L. (2026). ‘Oil and Development Expectations in Latin America: The Extractivist Model in Venezuela.’ In H. Warnecke-Berger and H.J. Bürchardt (eds.), The Political Economy of the Energy Transition in Latin America: Between Extractivism and Sustainable Development. Oxfordshire: Routledge, p. 102-116 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003678410
Cerioli, L. (2026). Saudi Arabia in B. C.H. Fong (eds): The Palgrave Geopolitical Atlas: State and Quasi-State in Great Power Competition. London: Palgrave, p. 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-1507-3_15
Cerioli, L. and Warnecke-Berger, H. (2025). Extractivism and International Relations.’ In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.888
Cerioli, L. (2025). Neoclassical Realism as a path for growing collaboration across the Middle East’s International Relations and Area Studies. In E. Wastnigde, F. Belcastro (eds.), International Relations in a Multipolar Middle East. Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 39-58. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526180292.00008
Heibach, J. and Cerioli, L. (2025). Saudi Arabia’s ambivalent stance on the Russia-Ukraine war: balancing regime stability and equal sovereignty. In Verna, Raj (eds.) The Russian Ukraine War and the Global South’s Sovereignty Paradox. Abingdon: Routledge, p. 116-129. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003627869
Cerioli, L. (2024). Die Geopolitik der Energiewende und die Rekonfiguration globaler Machtverhältnisse: Lateinamerika am Scheideweg. In H. Warnecke-Berger, K. Dietz and H.J. Bürchardt: Grüne Energiewende in Lateinamerika. Baden-Baden: Nomos, p. 37-59. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748946052
Cerioli, L. (2018). Saudi Arabia’s National Roles Conceptions After the Arab Uprisings: The Image Transformation from Western Partner to the Proactive Regional Leader. In: D. Khatib, M. Maziad (Eds.), The Arab Gulf States and the West. London: Routledge, 181-202.
Cerioli, L. and Carvalho Pinto, V. (2017). Novas dinâmicas de segurança no Golfo Pérsico. a ascensão da Arábia Saudita e dos Emirados Árabes Unidos. In: L. Moita, L.M. Pinto (Eds.), Espaços Económicos e Espaços de Segurança. Lisboa: Observare, 365–385.