Comparative analysis of effective identity components in the conflict between the relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America

Subject Areas : International Relations

Solaiman Almasi ¹ , Ghasem Toraby ² , abbas salehi ³

1 - Ph. D Student in Political Science, Hamadaan branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor of International Relations, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran
3 - Assistance Professor of International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Hamedan, Iran

Received: 2022-10-17 Accepted : 2023-09-12 Published : 2023-08-23

Keywords: America, ", Iran", Comparative analysis", Conflict", identity components",

Abstract :

Abstract The examination of the foreign policy of Iran and the United States shows that America, with its identity combination, is the axis of Western civilization as the moderator of the current world, and Iran, with its corresponding identity combination, has the claim of establishing the Islamic world civilization, which requires the change of the international system of the world. For this reason, the relations between the two countries have diverged under the influence of the challenge of conflicting and mutual identity components. In such a way that one is trying to maintain and expand control over the existing international order and structure and the globalization of Western culture, and the other is trying to establish a new order and system and the globalization of divine sovereignty.In this article, the analytical-comparative method is used in the framework of constructivist theory. Thus, firstly, with library studies and the investigation of identity factors effective in decision-making and policy-making around the international relations and foreign policy of the two countries, the identity components of Iran and America in an analytical-explanatory way, statistics; And in the end, the research findings have been analyzed by comparing corresponding and contrasting components. The result is that this approach has a good capacity to understand and understand the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards the United States due to its central meaning and according to the types of identities.Keywords: Comparative analysis, conflict, identity components, Iran, America