An Analysis of US Geopolitical Strategy in the Middle East with Emphasis on Iran

پژوهش ‎های جغرافیای سیاسی

Article 6, Volume 8, Issue 2 - Serial Number 30, January 2024, Pages 149-182   

Document Type: مقالات علمی -پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/pg.2022.78072.1163

Authors

Mohammad Raoof Heidari Far^{* 1}; Negin Rasoli²

¹Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

²PhD student, Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

Abstract

America's political strategy and norms in dealing with countries are not uniform and have a different nature, and the US strategy in the Middle East as one of the most geopolitical and geoeconomic areas has not been excluded. Different religions, oil and gas resources, the formation of the State of Israel, regional and global rivalries of major powers such as China and Russia, Iran's nuclear issues, etc. have caused the US to pay more attention to its international equations in the Middle East. In this study, the reasons for changing and diversifying US strategies towards Middle East with Iran's focus were investigated. The research method is descriptive-field research and the research hypotheses were investigated using Spearman correlation method, model closest to ideal solution (topsis) and Shiite geoculture and questionnaire adjustment. The results of the study showed that most of all, adopting different US strategies and insisting on staying in the Middle East is the question of its current and future energy supply for its industries (sig = 0.304), Also in terms of geopolitical weight among the Middle East countries is Iran (Di = 0.14356), which has attracted most US strategic attention, In other words, the biggest obstacle to achieving US goals is Iran, And finally, the Shiite geoculture is one of the most important factors that make US policies (especially Israel, the energy market and the presence of Russian and Chinese rivals) in the region particularly problematic in Shiite countries.

Keywords

Strategy; America; Iran; Geoculture; Spearman correlation

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