ABSTRACT

The weight of ideational factors has always been felt in Iran’s foreign policy processes as it, often times, outweighs that of material factors in its strategic calculus. Since 1979, the revolutionary state identity has focused on keeping the country independent and shaped its foreign policy continuum of enmity and amity accordingly. As the centrepiece of Iran’s foreign policy enactment and framing, independence brought ideational factors into Iran’s foreign policy processes. A close look into the past four decades suggests that strategic proportionality – based on the three principles of dignity, wisdom and expediency – vis-à-vis rivals and foes directed much of Iran’s foreign policy conduct, connecting ideational and material factors.

摘要

在伊朗的外交政策过程中，观念因素的重要性一直被感受到，因为它在其战略计算中常常超过物质因素的重要性。自 1979 年以来，革命国家认同的重点是保持国家独立，并相应地塑造了其敌对和友好的外交政策连续体。作为伊朗外交政策制定和制定的核心，独立为伊朗的外交政策进程带来了观念因素。对过去四年的仔细研究表明，基于尊严、智慧和权宜三项原则的战略相称性指导了伊朗的大部分外交政策行为，将观念和物质因素联系起来。