Political Strategic Studies

Trump's Second Administration's Foreign Policy Towards Israel: A Reading from the Perspective of Aggressive Realism

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

farideh amani kaekanlo 1
seyed amir neikoee 2
reza simbar 3

1 PhD student of international relations, Gilan University, Rasht, Iran

2 Professor of international Relation Department of Political Science University of Guilan Rasht Iran

3 Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/qpss.2026.90341.3724
Abstract
With Trump's victory in the presidential election and his change in approach towards the Middle East and Israel, the question arises as to what goal the Trump administration's foreign policy towards Israel in its second term was aimed at and how it was formulated? Trump has pursued unconditional strengthening of Israel by accelerating the process of resolving the Israel-Hamas conflict, pursuing the normalization of Arab-Israeli relations, and intensifying maximum pressure on Iran, as a strategic tool to consolidate hegemony in the Middle East. The research findings show evidence of this approach in several Axis: increasing pressure on Iran by operating against its nuclear facilities and weakening its regional allies, supporting Israel's actions in Gaza, legalizing territorial acquisition, and promoting security cooperation with Israel's Arab allies in the context of normalizing political relations. Trump's behavior is consistent with the theory of aggressive realism, in which governments in an anarchic system seek to maximize power and weaken competitors to ensure their security. The method of this qualitative research is descriptive-analytical and the data collection method is library.

Keywords

America
Israel
aggressive realism
aggressive behavior
interventionism
Subjects
Political Strategic Studies

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Available Online from 13 May 2026

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