The roots of the West’s worries about the Islamic Revolution:With an emphasis on the Shiite geopolitics

Document Type : Research Paper

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M.A. in Political Sciences

Abstract

After the Islamic revolution in Iran, religion turned into a new source of power in the international system. The Islamic revolution with its trans-national ideology challenged the West’s global claims. Since studying the roots of the West’s worries about the Islamic revolution through a mere analysis of ideological challenges is rather misleading, the paper analyzes these worries ideologically and geopolitically.

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