Analyzing the Role of Think Tanks in the United States' Strategy Against the Islamic Republic of Iran: A Case Study of the Trump Administration

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
javad jamali 1
hadi ebrahimi kiapey 2
1 Ph.D. in Political Sociology, Allameh Tabataba'i University
2 Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Islamic Studies, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
Abstract
Think tanks can be seen as a link between science and politics that enables politicians to predict the consequences and effects of their decisions using scientific-research studies. These think tanks in the United States, which claim to be the leader of the international system in this era, have grown a lot. Considering that the United States needs diverse and numerous strategies in various global issues, especially towards the Islamic Republic of Iran, the vital and influential role of active thinkers in this field seems very prominent.Therefore, the question that this article tries to answer is, how have institutions or think tanks in the field of American foreign policy influenced the approach of the Trump administration towards the Islamic Republic of Iran? The results of the research show that American think tanks and strategists have put many and varied strategies in front of the Trump administration using the American diplomacy system in order to change the behavior and nature of the political system of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Keywords
Strategy
subversion
changing the behavior of the political system
the fifth decade of the Islamic revolution
think tanks

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Quarterly Journal of Environmental Studies Strategic of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Volume 8, Issue 3 - Serial Number 28
Summer 2024
Pages 111-140