Abstract:
Studying Iran's foreign policy is one of the most interesting topics among the people and the academic community. This behavior is not specific to Iranians and can, also, be seen among other foreign researchers concerning Iran's foreign policy. Luciano Zaccara is one of the authors who has surpassed her counterparts in addressing this issue and has edited a book on the “Foreign Policy of Iran under President Hassan Rouhani’s First Term”. The lack of translation of the book into Persian encouraged the author to introduce the work and critique it in terms of content and form. What makes the book prominent is the participation of some well-known authors in writing the chapters, addressing some areas that have received less attention in Iranian research, such as relations with Africa and the pathology of Hassan Rouhani's foreign policy. Lack of theoretical framework for the discussions, incoherence between the contents of the chapters, and ignoring the scientific neutrality by some authors of the book are among the weaknesses of the work.
Machine summary:
Third; the book "Iran's Foreign Policy" by Ali Baqer Dolatabadi and Mohsen Shafiei Seifabadi (2018), which, based on the constructivist theoretical framework, explains the influence of material and meaningful factors in shaping the identity of the Islamic Republic and the resulting foreign policy of Iran from the era of Hashemi Rafsanjani to the first presidential term of Hassan Rouhani.
2. General Introduction of the Book The book "Hassan Rouhani's Foreign Policy in His First Presidential Term" consists of 11 chapters, which Luciana Zaccara, a research assistant at the Persian Gulf Studies Center and a visiting professor at Georgetown University in Qatar, has edited, and it was published in 2020 by Palgrave Macmillan.
(Zaccara and Mohiddin, 2020:1) The second article of the book, written by Mehdi Ahouie, Assistant Professor of International Politics at the Center for World Studies, University of Tehran, addresses the explanation of Rouhani's foreign policy doctrine between the years 2013 and 2017.
Nikolay Kozhanov, Research Associate at the Persian Gulf Studies Center of Qatar University, in the seventh chapter titled "Iran and Russia: Between Pragmatism and the Possibility of a Strategic Alliance," examines the relations between the two countries during the presidencies of Putin and Rouhani, the former having come to power in 2012 and the latter in 2013.
Moya Mena, Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Costa Rica, in the eighth chapter with the article "Reclaiming Space: Iran's Foreign Policy towards Latin America during the First Term of Hassan Rouhani's Presidency (2013-2017)," depicts the difference between Rouhani's view of relations with Latin America compared to his predecessor, Ahmadinejad.
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