A new journey begins
A new journey accompanied by seasoned diplomats and prominent experts in foreign policy like Mohammad Javad Zarif, Abbas Araghchi, and Takht-Ravanchi, who are recognized as diplomatic and negotiation figures in both domestic and foreign political spheres, has raised hopes of overcoming the current impasse.
Internally, new expectations have emerged, and the public perception regarding the advancement of normalization in foreign policy has placed them in a hopeful situation.
The next step for the national reconciliation government is to pursue a dynamic policy and active diplomacy to break the global consensus against the Islamic Republic of Iran. It can be expected that the policymakers, along with the president, will use all international and regional capacities to undermine the pretexts that were used by enemies to create divisions among the nation and challenge sovereignty.
Placing Iran’s axis and national interests in a government that has gained the trust of the majority of participants with the slogan ‘For Iran’ has put a different opening diplomacy on the President’s table. Therefore, it demands that by overcoming some considerations, a new political arrangement focused on Iran’s national interests be established in the international arena to secure Iran’s national interests.
Breaking a false perception in the international arena where Iran is positioned on one side of international conflicts, shifting the Palestinian issue from a religious matter to humanitarian and human rights issues can present a new face of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy.
Iran’s foreign policy now requires transcending the purely power-believing realist understanding, which breeds conflict and confrontation with its inevitable outcome. Utilizing the capabilities and capacities of both liberalist schools and constructivist frameworks, international relations experts analyze international relations under the two main schools of realism and liberalism.
In the school of Realism, power-centered international relations are considered significant. International actors in this school view ethics and human rights as secondary in importance. Power-oriented individuals in international relations tend to have a pessimistic view of international political relations.
Conversely, in the school of Liberalism, global economy, market economy, human rights, and ethics hold even greater importance than power. Actors in international organizations and institutions have determining values, and there is optimism in the political relations space.
Some thinkers in the field of international relations have introduced a new school called Constructivism. Although Constructivism is not the mainstream and has not gained as much prominence, it is still a notable school of thought.
In Constructivism, elements from both of these schools are observed. Both power and human rights are considered, international actors value rules and norms, and multilateralism prevails in this school. Constructivists have diverse perspectives but share commonalities; interactions between governments are important, interests and identities matter, and the possibility of reshaping identities exists.
Diplomacy plays an important role in the field of international politics, decisions are made at various levels. The prominent Iranian diplomats’ utilization of capacities in the field of international politics and the realist perspectives of global policy makers will influence decision-making in times of turmoil.
Currently, the Islamic Republic of Iran needs to utilize simultaneous capacities to mend the gap created by the dominance of conflict politics in the international arena. It has placed realistic, liberalist, and constructivist strategies on the political table.
Adopting this approach will align the Islamic Republic of Iran with a wider spectrum of global policy poles in various sub-levels of international politics. The Iranophobia projects of conflict instigators will be thwarted, safeguarding Iran’s national interests from the damages of confrontations and conflicts with other countries, and enabling a policy-making based on positive balance to overcome international threats.
