The Position of North Africa in the Foreign Geopolitical Policy Discourses of Iran, Emphasis on Libya

پژوهش ‎های جغرافیای سیاسی

Volume 8, Issue 3 - Serial Number 31, December 2023, Pages 87-110   

Document Type: مقالات علمی -پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/pg.2023.80946.1197

Authors

Marzieh HonariCHoobar¹; Morteza Ghourchi^{* 2}

¹Graduated in Political Geography, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

²Assistant professor of political geography Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The Islamic Republic of Iran's discourse in foreign policy and in relation to the North African region has experienced different trends in the periods of sacred defense, construction, reforms, kindness, planning and hope, according to the prevailing conditions in the country. Iran has always tried to adopt appropriate policies towards North Africa and the countries of this region, especially Libya. The North African region, due to its rich energy resources and geopolitical and geostrategic position, has always witnessed the open and hidden interference of regional and extra-regional powers throughout history, on the other hand, Iran is also a regional power that has common ideological grounds. With the countries of the North African region, it is trying to play a role as an active activist in this region. The present study tries to explain the position of North Africa in the geopolitical discourses of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran by using the discourse analysis approach to explain the geopolitical discourses of the mentioned periods by using the discourse analysis method, which is a descriptive and analytical method, and how the geopolitical discourses of different eras are formed using conceptual models, and then suggests a foreign policy that is compatible with the geopolitical discourse in order to achieve maximum national interests for Iran's future relations with Libya.

Keywords

Geopolitical discourses; Concept of the political; North Africa; Libya

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