Analysis and evaluation of US foreign policy towards Iran in the light of the benefit of smart power(2008-2020)

Subject Areas : International Relations

mojtaba romouk ¹ , mashallah heidarpour ² , Alireza Amini ³

1 - PhD Student in International Relations, Department of Political Science, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.

Received: 2021-11-18 Accepted : 2022-06-02 Published : 2022-05-22

Keywords: ", Islamic Republic of Iran", USA", Foreign Policy Strategy", Hard Power", Soft Power", Smart Power",

Abstract :

Abstract This study tries to work on the US foreign policy on Iran based on Smart Power Theory. At the beginning of the 21st-century pivotal role of the US in globalization led to increasing the US power, credibility, and influence in the Middle East, so based on the US strategy in the foreign policy this power converted from soft and hard power to the "smart power" toward regional countries and especially Iran.The main question of this study is:How we can evaluate US policy based on "smart power" against Iran between the years 2008 to 2020? The hypothesis of this research is on the US foreign policy strategy towards Iran which admits the change in the meaning and use of power by concentrating on "smart power" which became more obvious after 2008. The theoretical framework of this research tries to evaluate and review the US foreign policy based on smart power towards Iran with considering multiple variables The Literature Review of this study is on uses descriptive-analytical and documentary methods that proceed by Literature Review method .