Iran And Southeast Asia: An Analysis Of Iran's Policy Of "Look To The East"

This article studies the sudden rise in the economic and commercial relations between Iran and Southeast Asian countries from 2007 to 2011 and its collapse afterwards. The author attributes this phenomenon to two factors: first, politics' priority over economy in Iran's foreign policy d...

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Main Author: Soltaninejad, Mohammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2017
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/41202/1/IJAPS-131-2017-Art.-229-49.pdf
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description This article studies the sudden rise in the economic and commercial relations between Iran and Southeast Asian countries from 2007 to 2011 and its collapse afterwards. The author attributes this phenomenon to two factors: first, politics' priority over economy in Iran's foreign policy during the years Iran adopted the policy of "Look to the East," and second, characteristics of Iran's relations with the great powers of the United States and China. Based on these, the author contends that Iran's bid to establish firm economic relations with the East in order to manage and reduce political pressures from the West is the reason for sudden rise in Iran-Southeast Asia relations. The rising trend in the relations was reversed from 2011 onward mainly due to the United States' persuasion of the Southeast Asian countries to reduce cooperation with Iran. The author further discusses that the dynamics of Iran-China relations have also limited the scope of Iran-Southeast Asia cooperation.
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spelling usm.eprints-412022018-07-31T04:58:25Z http://eprints.usm.my/41202/ Iran And Southeast Asia: An Analysis Of Iran's Policy Of "Look To The East" Soltaninejad, Mohammad P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) This article studies the sudden rise in the economic and commercial relations between Iran and Southeast Asian countries from 2007 to 2011 and its collapse afterwards. The author attributes this phenomenon to two factors: first, politics' priority over economy in Iran's foreign policy during the years Iran adopted the policy of "Look to the East," and second, characteristics of Iran's relations with the great powers of the United States and China. Based on these, the author contends that Iran's bid to establish firm economic relations with the East in order to manage and reduce political pressures from the West is the reason for sudden rise in Iran-Southeast Asia relations. The rising trend in the relations was reversed from 2011 onward mainly due to the United States' persuasion of the Southeast Asian countries to reduce cooperation with Iran. The author further discusses that the dynamics of Iran-China relations have also limited the scope of Iran-Southeast Asia cooperation. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/41202/1/IJAPS-131-2017-Art.-229-49.pdf Soltaninejad, Mohammad (2017) Iran And Southeast Asia: An Analysis Of Iran's Policy Of "Look To The East". International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 13 (1). pp. 29-49. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243 http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IJAPS-131-2017-Art.-229-49.pdf
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Iran And Southeast Asia: An Analysis Of Iran's Policy Of "Look To The East"
title Iran And Southeast Asia: An Analysis Of Iran's Policy Of "Look To The East"
title_full Iran And Southeast Asia: An Analysis Of Iran's Policy Of "Look To The East"
title_fullStr Iran And Southeast Asia: An Analysis Of Iran's Policy Of "Look To The East"
title_full_unstemmed Iran And Southeast Asia: An Analysis Of Iran's Policy Of "Look To The East"
title_short Iran And Southeast Asia: An Analysis Of Iran's Policy Of "Look To The East"
title_sort iran and southeast asia an analysis of iran s policy of look to the east
topic P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General)
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