أيران و تركيا : دراسة مقارنة في الفكر الاستراتيجي تجاه الشرق الأوسط

Abstract EN

The retreat of Iraq after US occupation, the decline of the Arab states after Arab political changes, and the chaos in which following the change after 2011, led to the emergence of a strategic vacuum and ence of a unified response, thus forming an incentive for Iran and Turkey to activate their strategic performance in the Middle East.

As an expression of the accumulation of the historical aspects of both powers, as well as the growing abilities, each state try to increasing of its role, but the central question, where the signs of symmetry and asymmetry? , and why? .

Turkey and Iran are a regional players in the Middle East.

The strategic thinking of the two countries is based on ideology and interest.

However, the interest occupies the most important place in the strategic performance, especially in addressing the political issues of Middle East.

The symmetry and asymmetry are regarded the basic pillars of the Turkish and Iranian strategic thinking.

The research attempts to prove that the interest occupies a more important position than ideology in Turkey and Iran, especially after the political change in the Arab world by clarifying all the characteristics of Iran and Turkey strategic thinking and conduct compares among them.