دیگری‌‎سازی در سیاست «نگاه به شرقِ» جمهوری اسلامی ایران و فدراسیون روسیه

در عرصۀ  بین‌المللی مانند زندگی فردی و اجتماعی دولت‎‌‌ها تلاش دارند، از‌ راه دیگری‎سازی، (مانند نظریۀ صلح دموکراتیک یا مفهوم قدرت هنجارمند اروپا) خود را از دیگران جدا‌ سازند. این دیگری‌سازی، بخشی از فرایند هویت‌‎یابی ‌است و بیشتر پایۀ نظری دارد. این پژوهش استدلال می ‌کند چنین دیگری‌سازی در راهبرد نگاه به شرقِ جمهوری اسلامی ایران و فدراسیون روسیه نیز وجود‌ دارد. پرسش اصلی این پژوهش این است که: جمهوری اسلامی ایران و فدراسیون روسیه چگونه با راهبرد نگاه به شرق تلاش دارند، خود را از دیگران جدا‌ سازند؟ و نقطۀ مشترک یا تلاقی راهبرد نگاه به شرق آن‌ها چیست؟ در پاسخ به ‌این دو پرسش این پژوهش استدلال می ‌کند ایران و روسیه در چارچوب راهبرد نگاه به شرق با تاکید بر عناصری مانند: جغرافیا، فرهنگ، تمدن، ایدئولوژی و مانند آن تلاش‌دارند، خود را از دیگران (غرب) جدا‌سازند و نقطه مشترک این جداسازی، دشمنی با غرب (به ویژه ایالات متّحد) است. ویژگی‌های مشترک در راهبرد نگاه به شرق دو کشور مانند: هم‌پوشانی جغرافیایی، تاکید بر سنت‏گرایی و ارزش‌های سنتی (ضدجدید) و نظم چندقطبی پادهژمون این موضع مشترک را تقویت ‌می‌کند. سرشت این پژوهش، کیفی بوده و نگارنده با رویکرد توصیفی- تحلیلی، فرضیه پژوهش را مورد آزمون قرار‌می‌ دهد. داده‎های مورد نیاز برای تبیین مسئله نیز از راه مطالعات کتابخانه‌ای (مقاله‌ها، کتاب‌ ها و منابع معتبر اینترنتی) گردآوری شده است.

othering in the “looking to the east” policy of the islamic republic of iran and the russian federation

introduction: at least in the last three decades, the concept of identity and its consequences on the behavior of governments at the regional and international levels have been the focus of attention for researchers and more broadly, critics of traditional theories of international relations. in other words, it is argued that, unlike traditionalists who focus on certain principles in the behavior of actors, to explain the actions of states, one must take seriously the power, preferences, interests and normative structures, that are inextricably linked to the identity of the actors. for example, post-structuralists argue that the identity of the state is achieved through the inscription of boundaries that mark the ’inside’ from the ’outside’, the ’self’ from the ’other’, and “domestic” from “foreign”. against this background, this research tries to evaluate the process of othering by actors in international arena and answer the basic questions of what othering is. what role does othering play in the identity of actors? in addition to answering the above questions, this study also attempts to evaluate othering in the eastern policies of the islamic republic of iran and the russian federation.research question: how do the islamic republic of iran and the russian federation try to distinguish themselves from others with the looking to the east strategy and what is the common point or intersection of their strategies?research hypothesis: the research has arguments, the islamic republic of iran and the russian federation are trying to distinguish themselves from others (the west) by emphasizing elements such as geography, culture, civilization, ideology, etc. the common point of this distinction is the rejection of the west (especially the united states). similarities in the eastern strategy of the two countries, such as the geographical overlap, the emphasis on traditionalism and traditional values (anti-modern) and anti-hegemonic multipolar order also strengthens this common position.methodology: this research is qualitative, and the author has tried to test the research hypothesis using a descriptive-analytical approach. the data needed to explain the problem is also collected through library studies (authorized articles, books and internet sources). since the purpose of the research paper is to provide evidence of othering in the search strategy of iran and russia, the conceptual framework of othering was used to test the hypothesisresults and discussion: the results of this research show that countries define their identity in the regional and international arena and differentiate themselves from others through the process of othering. this distinction is based on the specific characteristics of each country, which can be cultural, historical, geographical, etc. this othering is an inevitable part of identification. the results of this research also show that identification and foreign determination can be seen largely in the looking east strategy of the russian federation and the islamic republic of iran.conclusion: iran and russia are trying to distinguish themselves from others (especially the west) by referring to their unique geographical, cultural and civilizational features in the form of a look-to-the-east strategy and at the same time they try to attract others (especially eastern countries) to their side. in the meantime, there are some commonalities between the russian federation’s and the islamic republic of iran’s strategy of looking east, which increase the areas of convergence towards identification and cooperation with each other. the first of these similarities is the geographical overlap. in this context, both countries emphasize regions such as central asia and the caucasus as a region of the east. regardless of the physical geographical dimension, both countries consider regions such as latin america in their geopolitical imagination as part of the looking to the east strategy.