Re-Revolutionising Iran: Condemning Prosperity and Jihadi Management

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Re-Revolutionising Iran: Condemning Prosperity and Jihadi Management
المؤلفون: Bazoobandi, Sara
المساهمون: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Nahost-Studien
المصدر: 3, GIGA Focus Nahost, 11
بيانات النشر: DEU, Hamburg, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
مصطلحات موضوعية: Politikwissenschaft, Political science, politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur, Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture, Nahost, Nordafrika, Asien, Iran, Staat, Innenpolitik, Wirtschaft, Wirtschaftsentwicklung, Wirtschaftspolitik, sozioökonomische Entwicklung, sozioökonomische Struktur, Politik, Machtwechsel, Regierungswechsel, Ziel, Populismus, Strategie, Außenpolitik, Lebensbedingungen, Religion, bilaterale Beziehungen, internationale Beziehungen, Russland, China, Feindbild, westliche Welt, Middle East, North Africa, Asia, national state, domestic policy, economy, economic development (on national level), economic policy, socioeconomic development, socioeconomic structure, politics, change in power, change of government, objective, populism, strategy, foreign policy, living conditions, religion, bilateral relations, international relations, Russia, image of the enemy, Western world, 10500
الوصف: Iran's conservative politicians, known to be loyal supporters of Ayatollah Khamenei, have been actively working to revitalise the regime's revolutionary values according to his vision. President Ebrahim Raisi's efforts to deliver on such aims are linked with his hopes of becoming the country's next supreme leader. As poverty and inflation increase in Iran, various rounds of protests demonstrate brewing socio-economic discontent among ordinary Iranians. While the regime's direct response consists of severe repression, President Raisi's administration has also reacted with a mixture of propaganda, populist economic policies, and attempts to strengthen relations with Eastern powers. Promoting a "modest lifestyle" as an Islamic and national virtue, condemning economic prosperity as part of materialistic, Westernised culture, and campaigning to change the nation's consumption habits are among the current regime's key responses to economic privation. Declaring a commitment to solve the nation's economic hardship through populist gestures and policies that are short of robust economic solutions has been emerging as an accompanying strategy. Doggedly pursuing the consolidation of ties with non-Western global powers has been continued as a strategy to cope with Western sanctions. These elements are embedded in the encouragement, promotion, and support of a new generation of political elite, frequently referred to as the "young jihadi managers," who in Khamenei's imagination, will be the vanguard of Iran's progress in the years to come. Iran on the path of re-revolutionising itself will be more resistant to demands for change domestically, less likely to abandon its regional security strategies, and harder for Europe to cooperate with. Therefore, it is important for EU and German policymakers to take Iran's longer-term strategies into consideration in order to develop lasting responses to them.
Original Identifier: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-81597-0
نوع الوثيقة: Arbeitspapier
working paper
تدمد: 1862-3611
DOI: 10.57671/gfme-22032
URL الوصول: https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/81597
حقوق: Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Keine Bearbeitung 3.0
Creative Commons - Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0
رقم الأكسشن: edsgso.81597
قاعدة البيانات: SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository