چکیده:
Developments relating to the Islamic Awakening in the Middle East، especially in 2011، influenced and intensified، more than ever، the efforts made by the Obama Administration to securitize nuclear activities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In fact، these activities have always been one of the major preoccupations for the foreign policy the USA. Obama followed up seriously on what George Bush did، especially during his second term. The approach of both US presidents، predicated on considering the Iranian nuclear energy programme as a threat against the US and its interests، has its root in the security-oriented approach، and its adverse consequences، towards the Iran. Therefore، a major part of Iran's foreign policy has been influenced by nuclear activities. This paper proposes to consider the process of securitizing Iran's nuclear file، especially under Obama's administration، on the basis of the conceptual pattern provided by the Copenhagen School and from speech act and action perspectives. This paper seeks also to answer the question as to what methods Obama has used to securitize Iran's nuclear file. It presupposes that the attempts to isolate Iran have been made through speech act and actions.
خلاصه ماشینی:
This paper proposes to consider the process of securitizing Iran's nuclear file, especially under Obama's administration, on the basis of the conceptual pattern provided by the Copenhagen School and from speech act and action perspectives.
Keywords: Securitizing, Copenhagen School, threat, I R Iran's nuclear activities, Obama foreign policy, speech act, action, soft policy Associated Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (ho_pourahmad@yahoo.
Nonetheless, after Obama assumed office and while he relied on ‘change’ as his central motto, the shift in US foreign policy with regard the Islamic countries, especially Iran, could lead to securitizing the issue of Iran through new speech act (Semati and Rahnavard, 1388, 91 and 92).
Thus, the US in its foreign policy relies on 1) Speech act, which includes diplomatic negotiations and attempts by the media to portray Iran’s nuclear energy program as a threat.
2) Actions based on especial efforts aimed at building an expansive international consensus about threats emanating allegedly from Iran’s nuclear activities, and 3) Efforts, within the framework of economic sanctions, to securitize Iran’s nuclear energy program.
Then, he took operational steps for isolating Iran and pressurizing it towards suspending its nuclear activities through building global consensus within the NATO, the Security Council and creating convergence with the Arab states about the perceived threat emanating from Iran against the Middle East regional security complex, including Israel, and imposing unilateral and multilateral economic sanctions.
He pursues a smart policy at the same time, which aims to securitize Iran’s nuclear activities and bring pressure to bear on Iran and further isolate it.