Currently, Iran is probably the most dicussed actor in international relations. An emerging power with a big population, strategic position, oil ressources and nuclear ambitions, they are of concern to many policymakers around the world. Being an internationally isolated theocracy, however, they are often pictured as an irrational threat. It is therefore important to ´look closely at their foreign relations and determine which factors contribute to their actions being the way they are. Continue reading Why Iran acts the way it does