Recognition the Identity Contexts of Islamic Republic of Iran's Foreign Policy

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor of International Relations, Tehran University
2 M.A in Political Science, Yazd University
Abstract
With the removal of the theoretical shortage of the rational main stream theories such as realism that emphasize on material and power benefits, constructivism appears from the beginning of the 1990s. The Constructivism known as a new perspective in international relations and foreign policy. This approach contains important axioms such as importance of rational and normative structures beside material structures ,importance of international and internal norms that form identity of states.
 Considering to this point, with the victory of Ahmadinejad in the ninth election's presidency, he emphasis on the justice and his government named Osoulgara (fundationalits). Thus, the ninth government of the Republic Islamic of Iran paid attention to the principles such as return to the primary ideals of the Islamic revolution, aid to the revolutionary movements and notice to justice. In this regard, the question is that whether we can use of constructivism to analysis the foreign policy of the ninth government of the Republic Islamic of Iran or not?
In the other words, can constructivism be suitable instrument for analysis of this period of the foreign policy of Republic Islamic of Iran? The hypothesis is that in attention to the theoretical factors of constructivism; this approach can be suitable theory for analysis the foreign policy of Islamic Republic of Iran in that period.
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