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Introduction
Iran's orientation towards the East has always been one of the most important elements of the Islamic Republic of Iran's foreign policy vis-à-vis the West, which has been of great importance due to the prevailing political requirements in international relations, hence, with the emergence of China as a world power, The high economic strength of this country and Iran's identity and political contradictions with the west of the new Arsa in Iran's foreign policy and orientation towards the east in this country began, on the other hand, the nature of China's foreign policy and efforts to establish bilateral relations with different regions, including the Middle East, It has provided more scope for such a platform. The basic question that this research aims to answer is, what are the causes of Iran's orientation towards the East and Iran's position as one of the most important countries in the Middle East in China's foreign policy? In response to these questions, confrontation with the influence of the West and the maximum pressure and sanctions of the United States of America is one of the main reasons for Iran's orientation towards the East, which itself has led to the promotion of Iran's position in China's Middle East regional policy in the field of energy, and China's Middle East policy is also based on the approach Evolution is on a pragmatic path, and China seeks balanced development with all countries in the region, including the Islamic Republic of Iran, and avoids any conflict and non-constructive reaction from other countries in the region and world powers.
Theoretical Framework
In this research, the theoretical issues raised in the threat balance theory of Stephen M. Walt is considered as a suitable framework for explaining the problem. Balance of threat theory by Stephen M. Walt proposed in his article "Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power" published in the Journal of International Security in 1985. This theory was later elaborated in his book The Origin of Alliances (1987). This theory modifies the general balance of power theory in the neorealist school of international relations. This theory is placed in the general framework of defensive realism theory. In this theory, the balance is formed by the necessity of fear and is to replace the superior power it should be said that based on the theory of threat balance, the unity of states is determined by the actions and creation of threats by other states. Walt believes that states generally counterbalance a perceived threat by uniting. In another interpretation, it should be stated that merely increasing the challenger's power alone does not create a balance of power, but the nature of the power of the rising country requires balance, hence, this balance includes the power and intentions of those in power. He cites the example of European alliance patterns before and during the First and Second World Wars when countries of considerable combined power united against the recognized threat of German expansionism. In fact, according to Walt, governments balance the greatest threats to their security.
Methodology
According to the main question of the research that was raised, the hypothesis that will be investigated in response to it, the confrontation with the influence of the West and the maximum pressures and sanctions of the United States of America is one of the main reasons for Iran's orientation towards the East, which itself leads to the improvement of Iran's position in China's Middle Eastern regional policy has been in the field of energy. The identity and ideological conflicts of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the West, as well as the economic pressures of the West on Iran on the one hand, as well as China as one of the world powers, especially in the field of economy, can be seen as the reasons for Iran's tendency towards the East, on the other hand, due to The pragmatic principles and foundations of the balanced development of China's Middle East policy with all countries, far from arousing the sensitivities of the United States, Iran as one of the important countries of the Middle East is of great importance. With Tehran, it is a function of this country's macro-Middle East policy, which does not have attributes and characteristics such as strategies or unity. The author tries to investigate the answer given to the main question of this research with a descriptive-analytical method. Based on this, this research gathers information based on internet scientific resources, a review of published upstream documents and reports, and finally data analysis.
Conclusions & Suggestions
In general, I use Stephen Walt's theory of Iran's tendency towards the East, which was based on the balance of threats, he believes that any kind of tendency and alliance needs regional cooperation or a sense of common threat, as a result of the strategy of countries to prevent From the increase in the power of its rival, it is balancing, in general, Iran's tendency towards the east based on Walt's theory, due to the immediate threat caused by sanctions, which has caused the existence or survival of Iran to be endangered, and on the other hand, Iran's interests are balanced with an alliance with China. The relations between Iran and China have a long way to a strategic direction.
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