Abstract
Foreign policy is a complex of goals, orientations, and instruments that a state adopts vis-a-vis other states in order to achieve its national interests. The aim of foreign policy is to provide security, which covers a spectrum from territorial integrity to the development of economic facilities. After the collapse of the cold war bipolar system, the economic development has become the main agenda of developing countries' foreign policy. In the new era which is characterized by globalization, providing economic interests could be achieved through an active and development-oriented foreign policy. The emergence of the global political economy and the major changes in the principles of foreign policy directions, are reflecting the undeniable effects of state’s foreign policy strategies over the economic power. This article, by using a comparative approach and qualitative method, investigates the influence of Turkey and Iran’s foreign policy strategies on their economic development. To bourgeon Turkish economy and improve its position in the global economy, Turkey in the period of the current government (AKP) utilizes pragmatic, proactive, and development-oriented foreign policy strategies including westernization, regionalism, and peaceful coexistence which has led to an unprecedented economic growth. In contrast, the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the period of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2013), because of the emphasis on revolutionary ideas and aggressive strategies in foreign policy, has experienced irreversible economic stagnation. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s2p711
Highlights
The era which characterized by globalization is the age of sweeping changes
Due to these substantial transformation, foreign policy makers should build their considerations on economic development for obtaining a remarkable position in global economy and international system
Following graph indicates that the rate of economic outputs as assessed by GDP rose about 19 percent in the two terms presidency of Ahmadinejad, which was lesser than the periods under reformist and constructivist governments of Iran
Summary
The era which characterized by globalization is the age of sweeping changes. After collapse of the bipolar system structure, the emergence of global political economic system, important role of economic discussions, their effects on the politics in the world arena and fundamental changes in the international system structure, have made effectiveness of economic power over foreign policy unavoidable. Presenting a clear and desirable perspective from the national economic system’s output and the countries developmental plans, decreasing the risk of investment and increasing the security of the capital and the investor, giving priority to economics, trade and business, development of cooperation with global and local material institutions, and effective participation in the processes of negotiation and global interactions are among areas of economic diplomacies on the basis of which countries try to guarantee and stabilize their own local and global national interests security along with maximizing their own interests Due to these substantial transformation, foreign policy makers should build their considerations on economic development for obtaining a remarkable position in global economy and international system. We utilize a theoretical framework to reach better understanding of both countries foreign policy directions toward economic issues
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