Sassanid’s Pattern of Foreign Policy

پژوهش نامه ایرانی سیاست بین الملل

Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2019, Pages 1-20   

Document Type: مقالات

DOI: 10.22067/jipr.v6i2.58754

Authors

rohollah eslami shabjare¹; mohammad sahraee^{* 2}

¹ferdowsi university of mashhad

²Islamic azad university of mashhad

Abstract

Foreign policy refers to adopting a thought-out procedure in relation to other international actors. Only powerful countries conduct foreign policy. The powerful Sassanid Empire had a style of thought and action in foreign relations during the ancient period. This thesis aims to study Iranian foreign policy using Holsti’s theoretical framework. This research attempts to study some of the most important issues in the Sassanid foreign policy, including competition with the Roman Empire and China, relations with the Armenians, recognition of the Christianity religion in Rome, and the expansion of the Roman Empire in the Mesopotamia and the Arabian Peninsula. In this research, approaches, tools, actions, and techniques of Sassanid’s foreign policy are analyzed. This research argues that the foreign policy pattern of Sassanid dynasty was based on Iranshahr pattern. Sassanid’s foreign policy history in relation to Arabs, Turks, Chinese, and Romans has been analyzed to support this argument. Iranshahr pattern of Sassanid dynasty was based on maintaining Zoroastrianism and the national identity of Iranshahr. Iranshahr also emerged after the rise of Islam in the Safavid and Islamic revolution.

Keywords

Sassanian; pattern; foreign policy; Systemic theory; Iranshahr Ideology; Holsti

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