Iran and Strategies to Achieve Regional Leadership

• Main Author: Hossein Rabiee
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Political Studies Association of the Seminary 2017-03-01
• Series: ‫سیاست متعالیه‏
• Subjects: Iran; Persian Gulf; Regional Approach
• Online Access: http://sm.psas.ir/article_29889_746cc9aa69dc2e0c7df04ae8b76e9b18.pdf

<span>Iran is the biggest country around the Persian Gulf and one of<span> the biggest countries in the Middle East. Henceforth, it has a high<span> capacity to play role as a regional power in the region and follows<span> the goal of accepting that by the countries in the regional and<span> trans-regional domain. However, the increasing regional power of<span> Iran changes the balance of power in this geographic zone and is<span> followed by reactions of others because the more power gaps<span> increases, the more threat will be felt and the more resistance will<span> weak countries show against accepting the role of Iran. The feeling<span> of fear created in this situation will limit the regional maneuver<span> space, intensifies dependence of weak countries on other transregional powers and set the ground for presence of the foreigners.<span> This will lead to creation of an unfriendly atmosphere. The present<span> study wants to suggest a proper strategy following which leads to<span> neutralization of the present atmosphere of fear from Iran (so called<span> Iran phobia) and removal of sensitivity about the presence and<span> acting of Iran. Following the strategy of inspirational leadership,<span> cooperation and collective agreement can neutralize or decrease the<span> threatening space.<br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>