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Iran's foreign policy on the Middle East sub-system

2011
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Advisor: Yrd. Doç. Dr. Nesrin Kenar

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The aim of the study is to examine Iran's foreign policy in the Middle East sub-system and its effects revealed in the regional and global scale starting from the end of the Cold War up to now as being accepted an important period in world political history .On this study; post- cold war Iran as a politically, socially, and economically powerful country in the middleast , Iran?s foreign political tendencies against regional, global, and conjunctural changes and trends will be examined.Iran ,as differentiated from the sunni countries with a different approach in İslamic world and differentiated from the other Islamic countries by means of the 1979 shia revolution as the only country represented that way in the political sense, is one of the most important energy resource providing countries in the region by having the richness of petroleum and natural gas .Because of its geo-strategic location during and after the period of the cold war and the post-cold war it has been a country that was desired to be kept under the influence of global forces. Iran especially nowadays, following its recent studies about how to obtain Nuclear Weapons world continues to keep its place on the agenda.To that extent in this research, today as a regional sub-system what is the structure of the Middle East sub-system? How does this structure shape Iran's foreign policy?Determining Iran's foreign policy how effective are the political structure of Iran, geopolitics, and the economic structure,?At what level Iran's post-cold war relations are with global powers and regional states? These questions above were tried to be answered?As a result of this study it can be said that, Iran in the middleast has been developing a balance of power policy particularly against Israil, USA and Turkey, and trying to be an effective power in the region by means of obtaining nuclear power at the same time trying to be a deterrent power against Israil and USA.Results that were reached ;In determining Iran's foreign policy, Iran?s political structure , geopolitics, economic power are highly effective and for 30 years the Iranian people are not satisfied with the ongoing ideological regime, but against the western countries who see them as their enemies Iranian people prefer to support those who represent the regime.

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Dr. Sefa Mutlu Koca

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Sefa Mutlu Koca (Master Thesis). Iran's foreign policy on the Middle East sub-system, 2011, Sakarya University.

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