ایرانی امور بین الملل

In a historical perspective and as an important political actor on the European continent، France has played a decisive role in shaping European developments since World War II. As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council، it has effectively pursued European unity in its foreign policy. However، the relative reduction of France’s influence on European policies in post-cold war era ushered some reviews in its European approaches and the Sarkozy''s European policy is a representation of such revisions. The present article examines the French European policies، particularly in its recent EU presidency term.

The Tehran Summit of littoral Heads of State on October 16، 2007، was a turning point for issues and disputes related to the Caspian Sea legal regime in post-Soviet era. The meeting was held in a sensitive politicalinternational period when some Western states، led by the United States، attempted to give the impression that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been isolated. The Tehran Summit put an end to all their baseless allegations. In addition of being a diplomatic success for the Islamic Republic of Iran، the Summit touched several pressing issues in the Caspian Sea in which all five littoral states managed to reach consensus over principles outlined in “Tehran Declaration”. By reviewing the historical background of Caspian Sea legal regime and deliberation of different debates on the subject، the present article examines the results of Tehran summit in form of cooperation among littoral states in political، diplomatic، commercial، economic، scientific، technical، cultural and other spheres in the framework of bilateral and multilateral relations.

Following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran and the severance of ties between Iran and the United States، due to its geopolitical importance، Iran kept a decisive role in regional developments. On the other hand، neighboring 15 countries and its huge oil and gas reserves have enhanced Iran’s importance manifold. Given Iran’s political، security and geopolitical position، it is difficult if not impossible، to settle regional disputes without its partnership. At the same time، Iran should also pursue economic progress and development in order to economically compete with its neighbors. While examining the cultural identity of Iranian revolution، the following article largely focuses on the Shiite denomination of Iran''s politics and its influence on Shiites in other countries، especially the neighboring states. It also analyzes the ideological and aspirational goals of the Islamic Revolution in Iran—as achievable alternatives to utopian objectives—which are the characteristic of all revolutions in the world.

The foreign policymaking process of countries، especially the influential powers in international politics، has always attracted the attention of researchers and enthusiasts in international studies. One such process pertains to Britain، because of its international status and clout in the region surrounding the Islamic Republic of Iran. Despite the research interest of many experts and scholars in Iran on Britain’s foreign policy، compared with that of the United States، few have bothered to carry out scientific studies on its foreign policymaking process. Nevertheless، the main question is what factors and variables of British foreign policy have had the greatest weight on Iran in recent years? And the next question is what are the British foreign policy directions regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran? Clearly، if the effective variables are correctly identified، on the one hand، it will proportionately strengthen our ability to predict that country’s foreign policy moves and، on the other، increase our capacity to possibly impact this process.

In an approach of incorporation of existing models، this article seeks to explain the trends in the evolution of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past 30 years. To this end، it puts forward its perspectives with a view to the sustainability of principles and theoretical bases of Iranian foreign policy، and the variability of regional and international circumstances. It also tries to clarify how the past years experience of Iran’s foreign policy can now help shape an independent course in international relations and develop an order without the domination of imperialist powers، which will promote national pride and independence among developing countries.