Political Strategic Studies
Year:2017 | Volume:5 | Issue:19 (49) |Papers Count:8

Based on social agency approach and by focus on a set of Supreme Leader' s statements before and after the presidential election of 2009 in Iran as one of the most controversial political events after the Islamic Revolution in Iran, this article seeks to answer to this main question: Is the political events in the presidential election of 2009 had an impact on the nature of the political approach of the leadership’s personality? The research hypothesis is that the political structure and action are influenced by the social agency of the leadership character and not vice versa. The methods used in this research are discourse analysis and thematic analysis of 30 cases of the Iran Supreme Leader's speech before and after the election of 2009. The paper demonstrates the fundamental change has not occurred in the discourse and position of the Supreme Leader before and after the election. However, differences in the method of analysis of issues and not in deal with the issue itself has occurred in the dialogue of the leadership.

The Caspian basin is very important due to the geopolitical situation and energy resources, especially oil and gas. In recent years, competition over energy resources in the field has increased between regional and extra-regional actors, which in addition to the tension and confrontation between the actors, has intensified instability and insecurity in the region. Moreover, how to transfer and deliver the Caspian energy and projects and proposed routes for the transfer of energy from different countries have added to the insecurity and instability. Among the different projects and proposals for Caspian energy transmission, energy transmission through Neka- Jask pipelines which is provided by Iran, is among the important proposals. The question of this study is what effect does the energy transfer by Neka-Jask pipeline in terms of geo-economic and geo-strategic has on the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran? Based on the authors, in addition to economic and trade advantages, the implementation of Neka-Jask pipeline has increased the bargaining power of Iran in regional and international relations and with the conjoining of pipeline security with national security, national security will also increase.

The purpose of this article is to examine the reality of geopolitical relations Iran and Pakistan. This article attempts to answer the question that is obstacles fundamental to convergence of geopolitical relations of Ira On what is basis? How can the two countries, to minimize tensions between, Convergence relations have experience? The above article the factors affecting in geopolitical relations Iran and Pakistan is divided into two main levels and supplement and in the end Based on a combination of the two levels; the need for détente with Saudi Arabia, Help solve the political crisis in Afghanistan, Iran's role in the convergence of India and Pakistan on the basis of mutual dependencies, Deepening trade and economic relations between the two countries and participate actively in regional and global groupings is The proposed solutions two countries have to convergence achieve. The above study is descriptive-analytic and information you need, based on library method and Collected to Referring trusted sources.

The US struggled to achieve its pre-determined purposes using smart management of different power resources through the attck on Iraq in 2003. So, one of the main strategies of the US would be the penetration into Iraq structures to obtain America's aims. This study investigates the behavior of the US' management on hard power resources inside Iraq. Therefore, the current study has been written in respone to a question statting what are the coordinates of the US' hard penetration in new Iraq. and follows consideration of penetration methods of the US with focusing on existance period of the US soldiers. Inspecting of librarian sources and environmental events depict the US is trying to penetrate in security-military structures of Iraq with applying arms treaties (with justification of struggle for strengthening Iraq's defense power), equipping the central government' opponents, using the capacity of private security companies, and furthermore financial assistances in order to be able to achieve its interests and benefits in local and international levels.

 چکیده [English ] The region of Middle East and North Africa has endured evolutions and transformations for more than four years, and has changed the regional and international relationship. This region has occupied an important and significant position all over the time. Egypt, among that region and following Tunis, has experienced a series of evolution in which raise questions on changes in political culture and their sources and how these changes influence new political evolutions in future. It seems that growing virtual communication networks in Egypt help the transformation and transition from semi-modern political culture, as the January 25th revolution in 2011 wan a symbol of it. However cultural resistance in side of some actors challenged the post-Mubarak situation, mainly in realization and stabilization of democracy. This paper puts the demographic and cultural structure of Egypt in the center of research and uses the secondary analysis method to analyze the variants and their influence based on the data collected from three field studies which have been done in 2011 in al-Ahram Center.