Abstract:
Think tanks are one of the centers in foreign policy of governments in a way that they theorize and formulate the strategy for action of governments. The think tanks are one of the important pillars of decision making. One of these think tanks is Russia&rsquo More
Abstract:
Think tanks are one of the centers in foreign policy of governments in a way that they theorize and formulate the strategy for action of governments. The think tanks are one of the important pillars of decision making. One of these think tanks is Russia’s think tanks. They are having an undeniable role in defining Russia’s foreign policy. The purpose of the present article is to identify the well-known think tanks in Russia and their views about Iran's domestic and foreign policy. The main question raised by the article is "what is the perception of Russian think tanks about Iran? On which domestic and foreign policy issues do they focus? The underlying hypothesis is that "these think tanks centers have a pragmatic approach to the issue of interaction between Iran and Russia free of subjective and ideological bias. The most important preoccupation of these think tanks are reviewing Iran's political developments, identifying opportunities in Iran's economy and providing solutions for utilizing the capabilities of Iran's regional and global levels in the direction of Russia's foreign policy priorities. The research methodology used in the paper is descriptive-analytical. The finding of the study shows that the role of Russian think tanks are increasing in the process of decision making and they have strong influence on Moscow's foreign policy decisions towards Iran.
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