Trump's foreign policy in the Middle East

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Abdolreza Yousefi Mianji ¹ , Hossein daheshiar ² , Nozar shafiee ³ , Rahmat Hajimineh ⁴

1 - Ph.D. student of International Relations, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, North of Tehran, Iran
2 - عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی
3 - استاد و مدیر گروه روابط بین الملل دانشکده علوم انسانی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران
4 - Department of Communication and Human Sciences, Human Sciences Faculty, East Tehran, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2020-05-05 Accepted : 2020-07-07 Published : 2020-05-21

Keywords: Foreign policy, the United States, the Middle East, Trump, Aggressive realism,

Abstract :

Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election was an unexpected event. The main purpose of this article is to examine Trump's foreign policy in the Middle East. The main question of this article is: What are the determining factors and components of US foreign policy in the Middle East? In response to this question, various factors of US foreign policy in the Middle East have been examined. The research findings show that the theory of aggressive realism, while fundamental-theoretical in nature, has a practical nature. This theory has given a good answer to the behavior of the actors of the international system. According to the study, Trump's foreign policy seeks to maintain its position in the region and prevent the emergence of a regional hegemon that could destabilize the balance of power and challenge US hegemony in the world. This study is theoretical-fundamental and has been done by descriptive-analytical method and library resources.

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