IRAN’S FOREIGN POLICY AND GRAND STRATEGY AFTER HASSAN ROHANI WON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
IRAN’S FOREIGN POLICY AND GRAND STRATEGY AFTER HASSAN ROHANI WON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Summary/Abstract: The study explores several topics related to Iran. Firstly, some main features and elements of Iran’s foreign policy and grand strategy are examined, emphasising the perennial character of this state bid for regional hegemony. Secondly, some elements of the foreign policy agenda of Hassan Rohani are explored. Thirdly, some policies the Western world can implement to forge an effective deterrent able to stop, or to moderate or slow down, the aggressive Iranian bid for regional hegemony are mentioned. The general conclusion is that the chances of a real and deep change in Iran’s foreign policy and grand strategy are simply nonexistent, as long as real power is concentrated, in Iran, in the hands of Ayatollah Khamenei and other hard-line conservatives.

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