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The Effects of the Iraq-Iran War on the Strategic Alliance between Iran and Syria and Iran's Regional Influence in West Asia
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Mohsen Bagheri *   1, Enayatollah Yazdani2 , Mohammad Ali Basiri3 |
1- , bagheri.m12@gmail.com
2- Professor, University of Isfahan
3- Associate professor, University of Isfahan |
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Abstract: (1544 Views) |
Despite the passage of more than four decades since the Iraq-Iran war, due to the effects that this war has had on geopolitics and regional order, and specifically on Iran's political-security approach and regional policy and its influence in the West Asian region, it is worthy of paying attention. Therefore, the question that arises is that how did the Iran-Iraq war affect the relations between Iran and Syria and the expansion of the regional influence of the Islamic Republic of Iran? Investigating the issue using the defensive neorealism approach, descriptive-analytical method and using library and documentary sources shows that this war made Iran's strategic loneliness and its unwanted isolation and lack of an ally in the region more obvious and the strategic proximity of Iran and Syria and The expansion of the scope of security cooperation between the two countries from Iraq to Lebanon and Palestine led to confrontation with the Zionist regime and it caused attention to regional influence and strategic deepening and countering security threats with the help of non-governmental allies in Iran's regional political-security approach. This ultimately led to an increase in political-ideological influence and strategic depth and regional deterrence power of Iran in West Asia. |
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| Keywords: Iraq and Iran War, Syria, Regional Influence, Iran's Regional Policy, Balance of Power and Threat, Strategic Depth. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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