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Indubitably, one of the reasons for such disagreements and differences is the relative and abstract nature of national security which is the common problem of almost all social and political studies.
For instance, the holistic view of idealism, realism, institutionalism, behaviorialism, and post-behaviorialism have presented specific reasons concerning existing international conflicts each giving its own different solution for maintaining national security/'' The fundamental concepts of national security underwent change during the end of the 2o•h century.
<'> For the very reason that political underdevelopment causes insecurity within the state, one can conclude that it is a general threat to the national security of a country.
Naturally, the rational outcome of resolving the internal coherence crisis is nothing but political development and maintaining national security - which is the dependent variable in this study.
S. Political underdevelopment is subordinate to natural factors such as ecological and racial agents that exist both within the society and the international community and lead to social gaps.
e. foreign conflicts, structural divide, domestic conflicts, the functionality of the social structure, and natural factors are independent variables that impede political development in Iran.
Divided elite can definitely not establish a coherent society and coordination and unanimity among the thinking elite and those who hold the power and wealth instruments is the first and foremost social contract in the line of political development.
This article further deals with the three minor hypotheses of this study each of which is among the main impediments to political underdevelopment in Iran: external conflicts, structural divide, and the function of social structure.