Examining the decision-making quality of the Republican Party of America against Iran studied by the Trump administration

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1 phd student of Allameh Tabatabai University

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The victory of the Republican Party and Donald Trump's effectiveness in the 2016 elections created open and hidden angles in the field of foreign policy of the United States of America. So that Trump's type of leadership caused him to enjoy significant features in distinguishing himself from his predecessors in the Democratic and Republican parties.By insisting on James Rosena's theory of continuity and using a descriptive-analytical method, this study seeks to answer the main question, what are the characteristics of the decision-making quality of the American Republican Party under the leadership of Trump towards Iran, and the influence of each How long has one of them been?The main assumption of the present research is that according to the individual variables, role, society, government and international system, to a large extent, through James Rosena's continuity model, the type of view and decision-making of the foreign policy of the United States of America in Qbal explained the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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