Defensive Future Studies

Defensive Future Studies

Military strategies of the Islamic Republic of Iran against American military threats

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Adel Farzaneh 1
Khosrow Bolhosni 2
Ali Asghar Beik Bilandi 3
Gholamreza Nasirpour 4
Hossein Fayazi 1
Ali Haider Zarei 1
Mehdi Sabbaghi 1
1 PhD student in Strategic Defense Sciences, National Defense University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Associate Professor of Strategic Defense Sciences, National Defense University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Instructor, IRI Military Command and Staff University, Tehran, Iran.
4 Associate Professor, IRI Military Command and Staff University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/dfsr.2023.562184.1647
Abstract
Purpose: The main purpose of this research is to examine the military threats of the United States and present the military strategies of the Islamic Republic of Iran against them.
Method: The type of research is applied, and the necessary information is obtained from the study of documents, interviews with experts and questionnaires, and a descriptive method with a mixed approach has been used. The overall statistical population of the research is 70 people and the sample size is consistent with the statistical population and all the numbers have been determined. In order to collect and analyze data, in addition to taking samples from library studies and conducting expert interviews, using document analysis and elite analysis methods, descriptive and inferential statistics methods have also been used.
Finding: The number of 7 main strategies was calculated based on 73 selected research factors (19 strength factors, 9 weakness factors, 10 opportunity factors, and 35 threat factors) relying on the provided partial strategies.
Conclusion: The result of the vector on the axis of Cartesian coordinates indicates that the competition of the Islamic Republic of Iran is more focused on strengths than opportunities.
Keywords
Strategy
Military power
Military threats
Military strategy
Subjects
  • Cordesman, D. M. (2017). The Age of Leverage. Governance Studies at Brookings.
  • Eisenstadt, Michael. (2020). The Strategic Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Religion, xpediency, and Soft Power in an Era of Disruptive Change. Middle East Studies at theMarine Corps University, Expanded and Revised Second Edition.
Defensive Future Studies
Volume 8, Issue 29
Summer 2023
Pages 41-72