The conceptual framework of America's decline in the intellectual system of the Supreme Leader

After World War II and the victory in the Cold War, the United States emerged as a superpower in the new global order and, with the support of its allies, was able to establish a dominant international system. In recent years, internal issues and the rise of new political and economic powers have turned the decline of America into an empirical theoretical issue in the scientific and political arena. Therefore, studying the ideas of the esteemed Supreme Leader as one of the theorists of America's decline can be influential in determining the political and economic orientations of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This research aims to extract the framework and dimensions of America's decline from the intellectual framework of the esteemed Supreme Leader using thematic analysis techniques and the MAXQDA20 software. The research population includes all of his speeches from 1968 to 2021. In total, 229 codes were extracted, which were categorized into six organizing themes.