STUDIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JOURNAL (POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JOURNAL)
Year:2018 | Volume:11 | Issue:41 |Papers Count:6

Often, in studies related to international relations, the security of activists, especially in the regional arena, is considered as one of the most important principles in the foreign policy of countries. Especially since the political-security issues after the Arab Spring in the region, have made common interests among the regional actors, and added to the growing concern of Middle East about security. For this reason, today, the regional counterparts in the Middle East who have common interests have generally focused on regional security assemblies in order to maintain their survival. In this regard, the security agenda in the Middle East concerns the crisis in Yemen, which may extend to other areas and challenge the other players' interests. That’ s why, the Islamic Republic of Iran, as an active actor and regional hegemony, has been struggling to adopt a protective approach for the Yemeni nation-state in order to secure its regional security since the beginning and growth of the crisis in Yemen. Therefore, the focus of this study is on the efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran to maintain the axis of resistance, the geopolitical security of Yemen, and to maintain its ideological and regional influence. So, the main question of the present research focuses on the issue which is "what approach of the foreign policy can be relied on for the analysis of the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the crisis in Yemen.

Abstract: Iran's relation with its western neighbor is one of the most unusual in the history of foreign relations in international Relations. This relation has included long-term dispute periods and short-term period of peace and coexistence in recent centuries. From 1958 to 2003, there were many severe disputes between two countries that led to eight-year war between them. After escalation the war in Syria and Neo salafist groups’ arrival in this country, most of the Syria’ s neighbors are also involved in this crisis. Among these neighbors, Iraq is confronted with a crucial situation. The invasion of Neo salafist groups, especially Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS), to Iraq due to a crucial condition for both Iraq and Iran. Therefore, the expansion of ISIS presence results in creating a common threat for these neighbors and encourages them to create the balance of threat. This article aims to investigate the impact of ISIS’ expansion to Iraq on creating a balance of Threat in Iraq-Iran relations.

Secession from sovereign state and former of a new entity by Reference to the "right of self-determination" in international law has been one of the great challenges of the international community which still remains unresolved. And international law generally has supported the parent state in wish to maintain its territorial integrity. Thus 1970 in declaration of friendly relation and cooperation among states declares quite explicitly that the territorial integrity and political independence of every indivisible. Thus the international community is reluctant to contemplate the breakup of state because of its potential to destabilize. This article will consider the issue of secession and will review its position that does the international law approve the unilateral secession and establishment of a new state in the post-colonial era. The finding of this article reveals that this right has been limited only to decolonization time. Also by examining the referendum for independence of Iraqi "Kurdistan", concludes that the contemporary international law does not approved the outcomes of this referendum independence.

After The Collapse of The Soviet Union, Iran has a Distinct Position in the Foreign Policy Discourse of The Russian Elites, Including Atlanticists, Nationalists and Eurasianists. Some Russian Nationalists Consider The Status of Iran as Economically Important, While The Eurasianists, Consider Political and Security Significance For Iran. Russia's Atlanticists Also Believe That They Should Not Sacrifice Cooperation With The West For Their Relationship With Iran. During The Presidency of Putin, Iran has Enjoyed Significant Importance in Russia's Foreign Policy. Putin Sometimes Described Iran as a Strategic Ally and, at Other Times, Easily Used Iran's Card, and Sacrificed The Iran's Interests In Return For Further Concessions. The Question of The Paper Is How Should Russia's Foreign Policy Behavior Towards Iran Be In The Course of The Putin Period, And Can The Two Countries Be Considered a Strategic Alliance? Russia's Decisions Against Iran Can Be Explained, According to Wolfram Hanrieder, And The Principle of The Feasibility And Success of Foreign Policy And The Integration Of Consensus And Compatibility. The Combination Of Two Concepts Of Compatibility And Consensus Is Considered As The Main Approach In Russian Foreign Policy Decisions. In Russia, Where there is a Consensus about the Interests of Strategic Relations with Iran among the Russian Elites, The Relations between Iran and Russia are upgraded to a Strategic level. In Cases Where There Is No Consensus or a Consensus of a Directorial Nature, The Way of Engaging With Iran Is Proportional To The International Status Structure Is Adopted.

Iran has been considered by many countries in the transatlantic Due to its privileged status and even regional region, with a long history of Britain with the aim of preserving its most important colony [India] and competing with other colonial powers Including Russia and also with the motive of looting of the national and underground capital of Iran, the Persian Gulf region and the Abu Musa Triple Isles, the Great Tunb and the Small Tunb on the basis of the three legal principles of "joint ownership", " No Man’ s Land " and the rule of " Prescription " Occupied that he always emphasized the principles of justifying and covering his colonial goals. Meanwhile, the Abu Musa Islands, the Great Tunb and the Little Tunb, have always been under the rule of the Iranian government and have never been idle and abandoned. The UAE's claim of ownership of the three islands as a newly established state and an unceasing and unceasing effort to confiscate the positions and support of regional and trans-regional countries is indicative of the UAE's move towards aggressive diplomacy. Iran can, with a defensive diplomacy approach, reject Britain's legal right to occupy the islands of which the United Arab Emirates has been acting as its agents, to persuade regional and sub-regional states in international fora to emphasize their sovereignty over the islands triple action.

Relations between Russia and the United States have been accompanied by ups and downs in recent years, and issues such as maintaining and expanding influence in the periphery of Russia, geopolitical energy transmission lines, the deployment of the US missile defense system and NATO in Eastern Europe, the nuclear issue of Iran, and North Korea has had a great deal of influence on these relationships. In the meantime, the crisis in Ukraine can be regarded as a turning point in the development of relations between Russia and the United States, indicating a peak of disagreements and geopolitical rivalries on both sides. Given that the international nature of the crisis in Ukraine will have profound consequences on international relations. In the era of globalization, regional and global conditions have been interwoven. Therefore, the crisis in one region affects the interests of actors in other areas. Ukraine has faced several crises since its independence, with its peak in 2014 and the US-Russian opposition to it. Accordingly, the previous article seeks to answer these questions, which is the origins of the 2014 crisis in Ukraine. What has the Russian-American opposition to the crisis in Ukraine affected the national interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran? The hypothesis of this study is that the crisis in Ukraine was rooted in the Russian-American rivalry that appeared in the Orange, Blue and the Crisis of 2014, so that the crisis would strengthen the Moscow-Tehran relationship in line with Realization of national interests of Iran.