Securitizing of Iran’s Nuclear by the Bush and Obama Administrations

پژوهش نامه ایرانی سیاست بین الملل

Article 2, Volume 7, Issue 2, January 2020, Pages 37-66   

Document Type: مقالات

DOI: 10.22067/jipr.v7i2.71932

Authors

hossain daheshiar; nozar nazari^*

Allameh Tabatabei University

Abstract

Utilizing the Copenhagen School as the theoretical framework and the concept of securitization as the research methodology then relying on the concept of "Speech_Act" as the analytical framework, this article specifically addresses the policy of securitizing the Islamic Republic of Iran and the verbal and practical aspects of this policy in the context of US foreign policy system in the post-9/11 period. According to Copenhagen, the definition of the identity of actor is a socially constructed and interdisciplinary matter. The concept of securitization is the central concept of Copenhagen's security theory, according to which in terms of sensitivity issues are divided into three categories: public issues, political issues, and security issues. According to this theory, the process of identity definition is first created with the verbal definition of the actors, and then, with the adoption of security policies, will be completed . What was the policy of the Bush administration and the Obama administration at the time of the presidency? What are the differences and similarities between the Bush's and Obama's policy toward Iran? What was the process of encountering the two presidents with the nuclear program of the Islamic Republic of Iran? The present research addresses these questions.

Keywords

Securitization; Bush; Obama; Terrorism; Nuclear Program of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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