A Study of the Effective Purposes and Criteria of the U.S Foreign Policy in the Middle East from the View of Smart Power

The purpose of the present research is to study effective purposes and criteria of the U.S foreign policy in the Middle East from the view of smart power. The research method is descriptive-analytic and the results showed that experiences of the past decades convinced the White House politicians to adopt smart power policy for collaboration and opposition as well as peaceful methods for making relations with middle eastern countries. Therefore, a new perspective was opened in western relations with the Middle East. Smart power and all its criteria made the White House politicians attempt to follow their objectives by that. Their purposes include rebuilding the U.S deteriorated foreign policy image during recent decades, public opinion management in the Middle East, improvement and betterment of its executive policies in the region, avoidance of coalition in the region against the U.S and Israel, supporting the emergence of moderate governments based on liberal democracy, sustenance of relative peace and stability in the region according to the U.S favorites, and maintenance of military bases in the U.S allies’ countries.