چکیده:
This article tries to explain the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy towards the Middle East during the first decade of its existence in the framework of the strategy of maximizing revolutionary influence. The goal of this strategy is to pressure the revolution and the new political system by expanding the revolution's borders and creating a favorable regional environment for the survival of the Islamic Revolution and its expansion. This article tries to answer the question of what were the most important factors contributing to the introduction, continuation and decline of the strategy of maximizing revolutionary influence in the I.R.I's foreign policy in the related period, drawing upon the conceptual potentials and elements of neo-classical realism to explain this strategy. It also seeks to study the different dimensions and changes of this strategy. Along these lines, it argues that the structure and developments of the international and regional systems have been the independent variables contributing to the introduction, continuation and decline of the strategy of maximizing revolutionary influence in the I.R.I's foreign policy towards the Middle East. However, the impact of these variables on foreign policy has been carried out through intermediating variables of domestic policy such as ideology, identify of the new political system, leaders' perception of developments and capability of mobilizing resources along with the goals of foreign policy.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Revolution and Foreign Policy of Iran: The First Decade Revised Seyed Jalal Dehghani Firoozabadi Ali Akbar Assadi Abstract This article tries to explain the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy towards the Middle East during the first decade of its existence in the framework of the strategy of maximizing revolutionary influence.
R. I's foreign policy towards the Middle East during the first decade of its establishment each covers the period from the emergence of revolution to the end of Iran-Iraq war on the basis of the strategy of maximizing revolutionary influence.
The most important principles constituting Imam Khomeini's foreign policy insight were as follows: unjust nature of the international system based on superpowers' domination and the necessity to confront the oppressors and protecting the oppressed as well as the imperative of bringing about change in the international system;(Javadi Arjamand, 2011:98) dismissing the domination and interference of great powers in the affair of Islamic countries and the Middle East and rejecting alliance with Eastern and Western superpowers; taking a decisive stance against Israel and opposing the Zionist regime on the basis of principles as well as emphasizing the struggle of Muslim people against this regime while supporting Palestinian people and resistance groups; exporting the Islamic revolution and revolutionary values to regional countries, gives to the cultural and soft nature of the revolution; criticizing the dependence of Islamic governments on extra-regional powers, especially those monarchies that adopted non-Islamic approaches; paying attention to the efforts made by the West and great powers for countering the Islamic revolution and the I.