Domestic Factions and the External Environment in Iran’ s Foreign Policy

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Gasparetto Alberto

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Journal: IRANIAN REVIEW OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Year:2019 | Volume:10 | Issue:2 (30) Page(s): 231-254

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Domestic Factions and the External Environment in Iran’ s Foreign Policy

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Gasparetto Alberto | Issue Writer Certificate

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Iran

Foreign Policy Analysis

Factionalism

Ideology

Pragmatism

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Since 1979 Iran’ s foreign policy has swung from pan-Islamism to nationalism, from Ideology to Pragmatism, from dé tente to post-dé tente. This article aims at explaining how domestic Factionalism has affected Iran’ s foreign policy over the past 40 years and, vice-versa, how it has been shaped by external stimuli. Factionalism can be considered as an intervenient variable which, alongside the external environment, may have an impact on Iran’ s foreign policy making. But it can also be considered as a dependent variable which may be affected by external constraints. I argue that when Factionalism emerges, Iran’ s foreign policy generally tends to be characterized by Ideology. However, this may also be a function of increasing external pressures. At the same time, Factionalism is generally toned down when either domestic imperatives or external forces push Iran to adopt a more pragmatic stance in foreign affairs. The background argument is that despite an influential role of religion in the country’ s politics and policies, Iran has remained committed to defensive and realist imperatives for most of the last 40 years. The main questions here addressed are: how does factional politics in Iran reflect upon a certain foreign policy making? How does Factionalism is in turn affected by external challenges/ threats and how does it translate either into an ideological or a realist and pragmatic foreign policy?

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Gasparetto, Alberto. (2019). Domestic Factions and the External Environment in Iran’ s Foreign Policy. IRANIAN REVIEW OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 10(2 (30)), 231-254. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/976746/en

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Gasparetto Alberto. Domestic Factions and the External Environment in Iran’ s Foreign Policy. IRANIAN REVIEW OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS[Internet]. 2019;10(2 (30)):231-254. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/976746/en

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Alberto Gasparetto, “Domestic Factions and the External Environment in Iran’ s Foreign Policy,” IRANIAN REVIEW OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, vol. 10, no. 2 (30), pp. 231–254, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/976746/en

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