A comparative comparison of think tanks in Obama and Trump's decision-making towards Iran

Subject Areas : International Relations

Reza Haghshenas Gorgabi ¹ , Hossein Ahmadi ² , Mohammadali basiri ³

1 - Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Islamic Azad University Shahreza Branch
2 - Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Islamic Azad University Shahreza Branch
3 - 1. Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Isfahan

Received: 2022-04-08 Accepted : 2022-09-16 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: U.S.A, Trump, Think Tank, I.R. of Iran, Obama. Comparative study,

Abstract :

The think tanks of the United States have played a special role in the decision-making of American politicians. The main issue is what effect think tanks have on relations with Iran. This study examines the role of think tanks in US foreign policy decision-making toward Iran during the Obama and Trump presidencies. The change in decision-making was due to the change of think tanks during the two presidents. What was the role of think tanks in the decision-making of Obama's and Trump's foreign policy apparatus towards the I.R.Iran? The think tanks with the intellectual and executive elites and the formulation of foreign policy and the design of various scenarios have focused on the decisions of the US foreign policy apparatus towards Iran during the Obama and Trump eras. Through negotiations, Obama signed JCPOA, which sought to reduce related sanctions. Trump left JCPOA. Obama agreed with JCPOA the negotiation scenario that originated from the think tanks and Trump with JCPOA with the scenario of pressure and sanctions of the think tanks. This change in scenario was due to the shift of think tanks from moderate to neoconservative and extremist. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of think tanks on the decisions of the US foreign policy apparatus and use it to adopt a counter-strategy against US policies towards Iran. using the Obama approved think tank comparison method, chose the negotiation approach and Trump chose sanctions and pressure. This research, analytical method and library tools have been used.