راهبرد نگاه به شرق در سياست خارجي جمهوري اسلامي ايران: ديدگاه ها، زمينه ها و فرصت ها

The Strategy toward East in the Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Viewpoints, Settings and Opportunities

Soviet Union collapse and the end of cold war have increased by twofold the significance of geopolitics and regional orientation in the international system in a way that many countries have selected regional orientation as a fundamental and stable concept to achieve their national interest and security. Over the past years, the dominant theoretical and practical perspective in the foreign policy of Iran was solely concentrated on the west at the expense of neglecting a particular strategy toward east. This type of Strategy in the foreign policy caused negligence of other power sources and centers as well as global wealth particularly near the boundaries. However, the strategy of east outlook has turned into a regional orientation strategy on the part of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the geographical and geopolitical outlook since Iran is one of those countries enjoying geostrategic, geo-economics and geopolitical advantages due to its geographical and political location. Accordingly, "east outlook strategy" which enjoys historical and scientific logic as well as political and geographical reasons in the foreign policy of Iran causes a new identification in the discourse of foreign policy and its importance increases steadily. The present study aims to investigate the viewpoints, settings and prospects of the east outlook strategy in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Keywords: East outlook; National Security and Interest; Regional Orientation; Economics and Energy Security