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Multiple Dualities: Seeking the Patterns in Iran’s Foreign Policy

Tuğba BAYAR
Pages
37–54
Publication Date
2019-01-02
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These systemic variables are filtered through nationalism, theological and revolutionary ideology and policy making mechanisms.

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Objective & Hypothesis:As one of the most significant actors of the region, Iran’s interactions with great powers (as well as regional powers and non-state actors) have come under scrutiny.
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Key Findings & Data:This article adopts an historical account and suggests a framework to study Iran’s foreign policy.
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Conclusion & Impact:These systemic variables are filtered through nationalism, theological and revolutionary ideology and policy making mechanisms.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Iran · foreign policy · neoclassical realism

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As one of the most significant actors of the region, Iran’s interactions with great powers (as well as regional powers and non-state actors) have come under scrutiny. This article adopts an historical account and suggests a framework to study Iran’s foreign policy. The framework is contextually built with a multi-level approach to specify the independent and intervening variables of Iran’s foreign policy through the light of neoclassical realist theory. In this context, it is argued that the independent variables of Iran’s foreign policy are geopolitics, threat perceptions and balance of power politics. These systemic variables are filtered through nationalism, theological and revolutionary ideology and policy making mechanisms.

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BAYAR, T. (2019). Multiple Dualities: Seeking the Patterns in Iran’s Foreign Policy. All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace, Cilt: 8 - Sayı: 1, 37–54. https://ajindex.com/articles/119802

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