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Iran’s Geo-Politics: the Implications of American Hegemony in the Middle East

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  • BODUNDE David Oluwafemi

    (Afe-Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti-State, Nigeria)

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After the Second World War there was intense rivalry on the control of the Middle- East affairs among the superpowers. However, America through diplomacy and persistence in the spreading of democracy made Middle- East its axis of political and economic influence. America made the shah of Iran to have political influence with a view to understanding the political terrain of the middle- East and to use him as an experiment for democracy in order to sustaining its hegemonic stability. Ostensibly, the Iranian revolution and the Iran/Iraq war had two dimensional effects on Iranian geo-politics. One, the revolution promoted democracy, two, and it weakened the power of Iran from having strong foothold to oppose American hegemony. Unknowingly to America, Iran has taken the advantage of the diffused political tension in the Middle East with the assistance of Russian technology and China’s economic relations to flex muscle with America. It may also be viewed that in the face of Iran democratic advantage, economic development, technological curiosity in the area of nuclear weapon and the Middle East political instability, the Iran geo-political strategic relevance is becoming a serious issue to American Middle East dominance. This paper therefore intends to examine whether Iran geopolitics constitutes threat to the American hegemony in the Middle East.

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  • BODUNDE David Oluwafemi, 2021. "Iran’s Geo-Politics: the Implications of American Hegemony in the Middle East," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 5(4), pages 103-109, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:5:y:2021:i:4:p:103-109
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