Power politics w polityce i percepcji strategicznej Islamskiej Republiki Iranu
Power politics in strategic policy and perception of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Author(s): Robert Czulda
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory, Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: power politics; Iran; Middle East; foreign policy; strategic culture
Summary/Abstract: The current frictions in the Middle East are a “microcosm” of power politics, closeto the vision of Thomas Hobbes and his bellum omnium contra omnes. This visionreflects very well the specifics of the Middle East, but also a security perception ofthe Islamic Republic of Iran, whose decision-makers invariably believe that almostthe entire region, and even a large part of the world, conspire against their state.From the Iranian perspective, Tehran is involved in a war of all against one – theIslamic Republic.The aim of this paper is to show how Iran approaches the contemporary internationalsystem and how it is trying to pursue its interests in a world of growing competition,emerging blocks and ongoing destabilization of the Middle East, where tensionshave been clearly increasing. This paper also tries to determine how consciously Iranenters this geopolitical game and to what degree it is forced to do so.

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