A NUCLEAR IRAN? A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS ON A REALIST ACTOR THROUGH CONSTRUCTIVIST LENS

Year 2016, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 48 - 65, 01.01.2016

Necmettin Özdin

Abstract

As a result of long marathon of sanctions and discussions, a framework agreement between Iranian regime and 5+1 countries was reached on April 6, 2015. It deserves to be called as a historical deal since it will absolutely bring new dimensions to the 35 years relationship between Iranian regime and the West. This article attempts to analyze the framework deal from the theoretical background especially by using both realist and constructivist models. To that end, this article suggests that this is not only about the nuclear issue as a result of security concern; rather there are some other crucial factors such as values, identities, ideas, and discourses which have to be included into the subject in order to highlight the background of the deal in a historical context. After arguing Iran as a realist actor in the region, this article shows how the bilateral discourses and attitudes shaped and changed in the hands of the Presidents during the last decades

Keywords

Iran, the U.S., nuclear program, realism, constructivism, discourses

NÜKLEER BİR İRAN? REALİST BİR AKTÖRÜN İNŞACI BAKIŞ AÇISINDAN TEORİK OLARAK İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Yaptırımlar ve tartışmalar ile dolu uzunca bir maratonun sonunda 6 Nisan 2015 tarihinde İran be 5+1 ülkeleri arasında prensip anlaşmasına varıldı. Bu anlaşma İran rejimi ve Batı arasındaki 35 yıllık ilişkiye yeni boyutlar getireceğinden tarihi bir anlaşma olarak nitelenmeyi hak etmektedir. Bu makale hem realist hem de inşacı modelleri kullanarak bu anlaşmayı teorik arka plandan hareketle analiz etmeye girişmektedir. Bu amaçla, makalenin iddiası şudur: konu sadece güvenlik kaygıları ile bağlantılı bir nükleer mesele değildir, dolayısıyla anlaşmanın arka planını aydınlatmak için değerlerin, kimliklerin, düşünceler ve söylemlerin tarihsel bağlamda konuya dâhil edilmesi gerekmektedir. İran bölgenin realist bir aktörü olarak tartışıldıktan sonra, makale karşılıklı geliştirilen söylem ve tutumların son on yıl boyunca devlet başkanlarının elinde nasıl şekillenip değiştiğini göstermektedir

Keywords

İran, Amerika, nükleer program, realizm, inşacılık, söylemler

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