The perspective of US possible strategy in the middle east and its policy requirements

Document Type : Research articles of the special issue of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the 13th government

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1 Associate Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Political Science, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Phd Student of International Relations, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Political Science, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

After the end of World War II and especially following 9/11 attacks, US played an active role in the middle east in order to advance liberal internationalism strategy. However, US has not been able to continue playing active role by maximum presence of military forces in the region due to various challenges. Therefore, there has always been talk about the evolution of US regional role-playing. Obama's "pivot to Asia" policy can be considered as the turning point of this transformation which implicated increasing focus on confronting China threat and, subsequently, the reduction of physical-military presence in the Middle East. The main question of the research is what influences do domestic and international variables have on the grand strategy of US foreign policy in the Middle East. The authors have seeked to answer the question by adopting descriptive-analytical approach and utilizing library methods, Content analysis method and semi-structured interviews. The findings of the research indicate that the reduction US hard presence in the region, Supporting traditional allies, increasing tendency of US regional allies to act more independently, and the increasing influence of US global competitors in the region would be the most possible persperctive of US role in the Middle East.

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Strategic Studies of public policy
Volume 12, Issue 44
the special issue of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the 13th government
December 2022
Pages 128-153

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