Dabartinio Irano Vieta Globalioje Geopolitinių Galių Sistemoje: Komparatyvistiné Analizé
Position of Contemporary Iran in the global system of geopolitical powers: comparative analysis

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the comparative research of geopolitical code, national interests and perspectives of post-revolutionary Iran attaining the status of a regional/global power. By noting the uninterrupted cultural and religious traditions, geostrategic situation, and a huge energy potential, the author contends that Iran has many effective, though largely neglected, means to achieve its most important geopolitical ends, namely, spreading a specific revolutionary panIslamist ideology far away from its borders. The article also analyzes: the strategies applied by the Iranian political regime to expand its influences in the Islamic civilizational space as well as the whole world, the main geopolitical directions of such actions, the search of potential allies, and the supporting armory to achieve the previous. Attention is given to the perspectives of change in the Iranian geopolitical code, the role of the principal global (US, Russia, China) and regional geopolitical actors for the country’s strategic problems.

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