Marginalization, Continuity in Strategic Culture and Formation of the Historical-Civilizational Bloc of the East in the International System

Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly

Alireza Masoud ¹ , Mehdi Zakerian ² , Abdolali Ghavam ³ , Hamid Ahmadi ⁴

1 - PhD Student in International Relations, Faculty of Theology, Law and Political Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor International Relations, Faculty of Theology, Law and Political Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Corresponding Author
3 - Professor,Department of Political Science,Faculty of Economics and Political Science,Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-04-07 Accepted : 2021-04-07 Published : 2021-05-22

Keywords: strategic culture, War of Civilizations, Historical-Civilizational Blocks, Bounded Order, Identity Politics,

Abstract :

Alireza Masoud,[1],MehdiZakerian[2]*,AbdolaliGhavam[3],Hamid Ahmadi[4]   Abstract: With the domination of the International System and Western civilization since 1500 AD, the ancient Eastern Civilizations have had similar experiences of marginalization.The reproduction of similar elements in the Strategic Cu­lt­u­re of these civilizations has led to a common demand to return to their former role and place in the International System. The main question is what factors led to the rapprochement of the ancient revisionist Eastern civilizations and the formation of the Eastern Historical-Civilizational Bloc in the international system?The overall result of the study shows that the war of ancient civi­li­z­a­ti­o­n, marginalization and similar strategic culture between Iranian, Chinese and Russian civilizations has led to the formation of the historical-civ­iliz­a­ti­o­n­al bloc of the East, which seeks to create Eastern and Western Bounded Order against the Western International Order. The method used in this paper is de­s­c­­riptive-analytical and its theoretical framework is based on the theory of the C­lash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington and the Critical Theory of Robert Cox. [1].PhD Student in International Relations, Faculty of Theology, Law and Political Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran [2].Associate Professor International Relations, Faculty of Theology, Law and Political Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Corresponding Author [3].Professor,Department of Political Science,Faculty of Economics and Political Science, S­h­a­hi­d Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran [4].Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran