Government, Identity and Foreign Policy in the Curent Iran ( 1925-2011)

Abstract

The authors of this paper try to explore the black box in the contemporarydomestic issues, the nature of the state, the identity and the impact of theseissues on the foreign policy approaches. Based on an appropriate theoreticalframework, using the principles of constructivism school with emphasis onenvironmental factors and cultural resources, values and norms, the authorsexplain how to plan the formation of identity in contemporary Iran’s foreignpolicy.The central idea of the paper is that Iran's foreign policy orientation hasprofoundly influenced by the identity of the approaches, however, the weaknessor absence of civil society makes the government’s define identity through thepolitical elite rather than logical interaction with the nation. Such a process hassevere effects on Iran's foreign policy and caused losing national interests insome cases

Keywords

• typical identity
• partial identity
• foreign policy
• civil institutions
• constructivis