International Relations
Mohammad Hadi Raji; اصغر Eftekhari
Abstract
One of the frameworks for the integrated analysis of the components of Western pressure and war against the Islamic Republic of Iran is the hybrid war framework. In this regard, examining how to deal with this type of war can have theoretical applications and operational applications for elites and relevant ...
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One of the frameworks for the integrated analysis of the components of Western pressure and war against the Islamic Republic of Iran is the hybrid war framework. In this regard, examining how to deal with this type of war can have theoretical applications and operational applications for elites and relevant officials. The main question of this research is: What are the strategies to deal with the hybrid war of the West against the Islamic Republic of Iran? This research is important from two aspects of approach and operation, in terms of approach and theory that focuses on the integration of coping strategies, and in terms of operations that can be useful for officials related to hybrid warfare. This research is exploratory and not hypothesis testing. The future research is developmental and practical in terms of type, because it explains the necessity of applying a systematic and systematic approach to the problem of hybrid war and the solutions to deal with this type of war, and it also has operational implications for field officials in this field...
mahsa adibi; majid tavasoli roknabadi; Seyed Mohammad Ali Taghavi
Abstract
Since the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, when Iran became the center of Islamic political movement in the Islamic world, the West led by the US portrayed a hostile image of Islam and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Theorists and leaders of the Islamic Revolution such as Imam Khomeini, in order to counterbalance ...
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Since the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, when Iran became the center of Islamic political movement in the Islamic world, the West led by the US portrayed a hostile image of Islam and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Theorists and leaders of the Islamic Revolution such as Imam Khomeini, in order to counterbalance this move, portrayed the West as their other and the enemy. Ever since, such an image of the West formed Iran’s foreign policy. In this article, using Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse analyses method and the post-colonial theoretical model, authors explore Imam Khomeini’s political discourse. The main question in this research is how the West as the other is represented in Imam Khomeini’s discourse, and how such a representation is affected Iran’s post-revolutionary foreign policy. Based on the hypothesis of this research؛ Imam Khomeini began to draw a boundary between the "us" of Iran and "the other" of the West and proceeded to produce an image of the West, which featured signs such as imperialist, exploiter, devil, tyranny, arrogant, and tyrannical, an image that has become the dominant attitude in our foreign policy. It has shaped the way that political activists are confronted with the outside world.
