Change and Stability in Obama's Foreign Policy

The U.S. presidential election in November 2008 led to the victory of Barack Obama who had based his electoral campaigns on the slogan of change. Since the beginning of electoral campaigns, a question raised in political circles about the feasibility of change in the U.S. policies. This article considering two variables of agent and structure, tests change and stability in the U.S. foreign policy and argues that in which areas and to what extent the slogan of change is more likely to materialize. Finally, against this backdrop, the future Iran-US relations is studied.