Mutual interest policy making and strategic rationality on moderation Iran's foreign policy

The diplomacy of moderation can be taken as a reaction to the radical trends in certain periods of Iran’s diplomacy and diplomatic relations. The signs of radicalism were evident in two historical periods: The first historical phase related to reflection of waves of revolution development. This has been emphasized in the theory of Crane Brinton. Conducting comparative study of the big revolutions of history, Crane Brinton came to the conclusion that any social revolution inevitably passes through four historical junctures. The revolutionary honey moon period, which is the phase of liberals’ coming to power and the phase of coming to power of radicals, consist of four periods of revolutionary development until the time the front turns into political system. The diplomacy of moderation has two signs of mutual interest policy making and decision making with rational model in the strategic domain. The research at hand tries to investigate signs of the diplomacy of moderation in the main strategic issues of Iran: The nuclear diplomacy and regional diplomacy. The two main issues were the main challenges of Iran’s security and foreign diplomacy in the years 2009-2013. The big powers are the main pivot of Iran’s foreign policy challenge in nuclear domain, while Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, the UAE and Israel can be accounted for the fundamental challenges posed to Iran’s foreign policy in the region. In this article, the diplomacy of moderation was dependent variable, while the policy making of mutual interest and strategic rationality in the region were elements forming the independent variable. In defining the diplomacy of moderation, the neo-liberal approach was used. The goal of such a process is to make sure the pattern of action of players, being dissident to Iran, devoid of any security features.