By Shahram Akbarzadeh, Dara Conduit
President Rouhani got here to energy in Iran in 2013 promising to reform the country's long-contentious overseas coverage. This e-book evaluates Rouhani's international coverage music checklist in the course of his first years in place of work, case reviews of Armenia, Azerbaijan, the UAE, Turkey, and Syria and the excessive profile Iran-US relationship.
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With the Middle East and more specifically its West Asia and Gulf components becoming increasingly volatile and conflict-ridden, the United States and its allies may find that a policy of engaging the Iranian regime is the best option for all sides and the region. It could help the Iranian Islamic moderates and reformists within what is essentially a pluralist ruling clerical stratum to press on with their reformist agenda, as advocated by Rouhani. The more Rouhani succeeds in his reformist objectives, the more he will be able to show the tangible benefits of his conciliatory dealings with the United States.
To this end, this chapter first notes that Iran long pursued a dual strategy toward the superpower, oscillating between resistance/defiance and conciliation/engagement. Although analysts and policymakers mostly focused on Iran’s challenges to the United States, the IRI repeatedly adopted forward-leaning strategies toward the superpower. These diplomatic initiatives were pursued within different domestic contexts and geopolitical circumstances. As such, they challenge the conventional wisdom according to which enmity with the “Great Satan” constitutes an uncompromising pillar of the IRI, without which the regime would experience a profound identity and legitimacy crisis.
Similarly, the United States has scored nothing in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, as it has failed to persuade or prompt its strategic partner to negotiate with the Palestinians for a comprehensive settlement and thus diminish Iran’s role as a strong supporter of the Palestinian cause. Equally, it has not achieved much when it comes to its purported support for democratic reforms in the Arab world. Authoritarian rule is still dominant across the domain and lies at the root of many disturbing developments in the region.