Iran-Ottoman/Iraq conflicts since 1514 and the role of international politics
Political developments in the northern Persian Gulf region have been dominated by the conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and Iran, and latterly Iraq and Iran. There has been a complex overlay of nationalist aspiration, religions belief and expansionist invasions. The major research question addressed in this study is: what have been the constituent factors in the Ottoman/Iraq-Iran conflicts, from 1514 until the present day? This question refers mainly to the history of the conflicts. It raises the issues of the circumstances in which these conflicts arose. Moreover, when opportunities arose for peaceful settlements, how did external interests disrupt the achievement of such settlement? A theoretical debate oh the causes of conflicts, based on a historical realist understanding, which benefited from the writing of Thucydides about the Peloponnesian Wars and the famous Kenneth Waltz's discussion on Man, the State and War, is presented here. However, in answering this question a second specific question needs to be addressed. This deals with the political history of European capitalist expansion into the Middle East. The question is: How were European trade ambitions in the East developed into a dominant and
Rezania, Akbar
Persian Gulf; Ottoman Empire
Iran-Ottoman/Iraq conflicts since 1514 and the role of international politics. Political developments in the northern Persian Gulf region have been dominated by the conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and Iran, and latterly Iraq and Iran. There has been a complex overlay of nationalist aspiration, religions belief and expansionist invasions. The major research question addressed in this study is: what have been the constituent factors in the Ottoman/Iraq-Iran conflicts, from 1514 until the present day? This question refers mainly to the history of the conflicts. It raises the issues of the circumstances in which these conflicts arose. Moreover, when opportunities arose for peaceful settlements, how did external interests disrupt the achievement of such settlement? A theoretical debate oh the causes of conflicts, based on a historical realist understanding, which benefited from the writing of Thucydides about the Peloponnesian Wars and the famous Kenneth Waltz's discussion on Man, the State and War, is presented here. However, in answering this question a second specific question needs to be addressed. This deals with the political history of European capitalist expansion into the Middle East. The question is: How were European trade ambitions in the East developed into a dominant and
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