Religion in the strategic culture of  Iran and Russian

Shiravand, Sarem; Pishgahifard, Zahra

Religion in the strategic culture of Iran and Russian

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Sarem Shiravand ¹

zahra pishgahifard ²

¹ University of tehran

² Professor of political geography at Tehran University

Abstract

Strategic culture is the quintessence of the attitude of elites and society towards the concept of power and its use in the world and surrounding environment.The indicators of strategic culture are influenced by four main sources, including religion and ideology, the structure of the international system, geography and geopolitics, and historical experiences. The question of the article is that how the influence of religion and ideology was on the strategic culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation and What are the similarities and differences between the both together? The hypothesis of the article is that the Russian Orthodox discourse and the Shia Islam discourse, by shaping the Russia and Iran strategic perception, has defined the boundaries of their thinking and behavior in a way that has acquired a quasi-divine status. The most important common dimension of the religion role in the strategic culture of these two countries is “Determining collective identity and demarcation of identity” and "Strengthening the sense of exceptionalism" And the most important differences are based on "geopolitical expansionism vs justiceism" and "Inspirationism and semanticism vs profit-oriented pragmatism and materialistic goal" and "ethnic nationalism vs Islamic internationalism. In this article, the research method is Explanatory-analytical and the data was collected through a library.

Keywords

"Religion"

"Strategic Culture"

"Strategic Perception"

"Identity"

"Foreign Policy"

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