Thesis Chapters by Zeynep Şartepe
REFLECTIONS OF THE DISSIDENCE BETWEEN REFORMIST AND CONSERVATIVE FACTIONS ON FOREIGN POLICY OF POST- REVOLUTIONARY IRAN, 2015
The structure of international system and its effects on states’ behaviors has been debated for a... more The structure of international system and its effects on states’ behaviors has been debated for a long time in realist school of international relations. The new wave of realist theory called neoclassical realism, which claims that systemic factors must be filtered through intervening variables to formulate foreign policy behaviors, has emerged by the end of Cold War. This paper uses theoretical insights from neoclassical realism, which incorporates both systemic level variables and domestic factors into its analysis, to explain the reformist-conservative conflict in
the foreign policy of post-revolutionary Iran. With the ascent of reformist cleric Khatami to presidency in 1997, the long lasting rivalry between reformist faction, which seeks for Iran’s integration into world politics and ‘Islamic democracy’ at home, and the conservative faction
whose guiding principle is based on return to revolutionary Islamic ideology, has become apparent in post-revolutionary Iran. Despite the contentious discourses adopted by those factions, this paper tries to reveal basic principles of Iran’s foreign policy. While explaining the
building blocks of foreign policy of Iran, the paper incorporates both domestic and international factors into its analysis.
Papers by Zeynep Şartepe
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Alternatives Turkjsh Journal of International Relations , 2015
This paper endeavors to analyze the evolution of Iran's foreign policy in the post-revolutionary ... more This paper endeavors to analyze the evolution of Iran's foreign policy in the post-revolutionary era by focusing on the 'historic nuclear deal' (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action-JCPOA) which is expected to ensure the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear programme. The objective of the paper is to shed some light on Iran's striving to maintain a delicate balance between ideology and pragmatism and the elements of change and continuity in its conduct of foreign policy since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. In this regard, different foreign policy agendas adopted respectively by Khomeini, Rafsanjani, Khatami, Ahmadinejad, and Rouhani will be examined within the context of factional rivalries which emerged out of the political, economic and social structure of the country. With the ascent of the reformist cleric Khatami to presidency in 1997, the long lasting rivalry between the reformist faction that seeks 'Islamic democracy' at home and Iran's integration into the world politics, and the conservative faction whose guiding principle is the return to a revolutionary Islamic ideology, has become apparent in post-revolutionary Iran. While the hardliner Ahmadinejad's rise to power in 2005 meant flashback to revolutionary ideology both in domestic and foreign affairs of Iran, the victory of pro-reform cleric Hassan Rouhani in 2013 marked the beginning of a new era in Iran's relations with the West through nuclear negotiations.
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Thesis Chapters by Zeynep Şartepe
the foreign policy of post-revolutionary Iran. With the ascent of reformist cleric Khatami to presidency in 1997, the long lasting rivalry between reformist faction, which seeks for Iran’s integration into world politics and ‘Islamic democracy’ at home, and the conservative faction
whose guiding principle is based on return to revolutionary Islamic ideology, has become apparent in post-revolutionary Iran. Despite the contentious discourses adopted by those factions, this paper tries to reveal basic principles of Iran’s foreign policy. While explaining the
building blocks of foreign policy of Iran, the paper incorporates both domestic and international factors into its analysis.
Papers by Zeynep Şartepe
the foreign policy of post-revolutionary Iran. With the ascent of reformist cleric Khatami to presidency in 1997, the long lasting rivalry between reformist faction, which seeks for Iran’s integration into world politics and ‘Islamic democracy’ at home, and the conservative faction
whose guiding principle is based on return to revolutionary Islamic ideology, has become apparent in post-revolutionary Iran. Despite the contentious discourses adopted by those factions, this paper tries to reveal basic principles of Iran’s foreign policy. While explaining the
building blocks of foreign policy of Iran, the paper incorporates both domestic and international factors into its analysis.