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- Title
AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE ON NON-ALIGNMENT: IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE.
- Authors
Sadri, Houman A.
- Abstract
The article addresses basic issues involving the non-aligned strategy of Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran declared that it would conduct a non-aligned foreign policy after the revolution. Shortly thereafter, the country abandoned the Central Treaty Organization, joined the Non-Aligned Movement, and canceled many weapons orders from the West. Revolutionary Iranian leaders had four major policy objectives in declaring non-alignment: (1) to achieve autonomy in foreign policymaking, (2) to avoid a costly involvement in the American-Soviet rivalry, (3) to end the country's dependence on one ideological camp, and (4) to improve ties with all states, with exception to Israel and the former South African regime. The sources of Islamic non-alignment policy include: religion, law, and policy.
- Subjects
IRAN; NONALIGNMENT; INTERNATIONAL relations; POLITICAL autonomy; TREATIES; NEUTRALITY; GOVERNMENT policy; RELIGION; LAW; POLICY sciences
- Publication
Journal of Third World Studies, 1999, Vol 16, Issue 2, p29
- ISSN
8755-3449
- Publication type
Article