A Survey on Iran-U.S Relationship in the light of the Strategic Culture

Subject Areas : International Relations

Soheil Godarzi ¹ , Ahmad Soltaninejad ² , Mostafa Zahrani ³ , Mohsen Eslami ⁴

1 - PhD student of International Relations, Tarbiat Modares University
2 - Assistant Prof. International Relations, Tarbiat Modares University
3 - Associate Prof. International Relations, School of International Relations
4 - Assistant Prof. International Relations, Tarbiat Modares University

Received: 2017-12-09 Accepted : 2017-12-09 Published : 2017-11-22

Keywords: United States of America, Islamic Republic of Iran, hostility, strategic culture,

Abstract :

Abstract: Describing the dominant patterns of Iran-U.S relations after triumph of the Islamic revolution and even explanation of current situation between the two states through conventional foreign policy and international politics will lead to inefficient and inadequate researches. Although describing the historical facts and using realistic analyses to explain current non war- non peace situation are beneficent, but could not elucidate continuity of hostility situation between Iran and the United States. Analysis of this Iran-U.S extensive conflict and hostility requires focusing on material structures of power and geopolitical contrast in one hand and regarding the cognitive and nonmaterial fundamentals of action on the other hand. Without a doubt, current pattern of Iran-U.S relationship Influenced by both mentioned factors; this reciprocal process of impact with material and non-material elements of power and security have described this issue as a unsolved multi-faceted and multi-layered conflict. It seems that strategic culture framework as a pattern that mutually respect to state's objective, measurable and visible act alongside non material and invisible structures of practice can be useful to explain dimensions and causes of Iran-U.S conflict. According to this, the main agenda of this article is to illustrate a more detailed image about Iran-U.S conflict through a comparative Survey on elements and components of two state's strategic culture, with respect to significant security aspects of this conflict.

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