Culture and National Identity Analysis: The Background of Great Britain Involvement in Iran’s Nuclear Deal

Gerald Fatya Mahendra, Siti Rokhmawati Susanto

2018

Abstract

The involvement of United Kingdom in Iran nuclear deal closely linked to its national culture and identity. Such foreign policy making can be understood by identifying the national identity of the United Kingdom. United Kingdom emphasizes the values of Western liberalism in its foreign policy-making process. However, liberalism adopted by the United Kingdom is not passive tolerance, but rather mucular liberalism which refers to anti-terrorism.United Kingdom interpreted the Iran’s identity as a threat.The reason behind this interpretation is the potential of emerging Islamic radical movements in the country. Therefore, nuclear possession by Iran became a main concern by the United Kingdom due to the the Islam identity of the country. This phenomenon can be analyzed using an aspirational constructivism that emphasizes the past experience and the rationality of the political elite in the process of foreign policy making. The terrorist attacks that took place in London on 7 November became the base of the rationality of the political elite of United Kindom to establish the differentiation between British and Islamic identities. The main purpose of the foreign policy of the United Kingdom through its involvement in Iran's nuclear deal is to avoid the misuse of nuclear weapons by radical Islamic movements.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Mahendra G. and Susanto S. (2018). Culture and National Identity Analysis: The Background of Great Britain Involvement in Iran’s Nuclear Deal. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 484-488. DOI: 10.5220/0010279100002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={Gerald Fatya Mahendra and Siti Rokhmawati Susanto},
title={Culture and National Identity Analysis: The Background of Great Britain Involvement in Iran’s Nuclear Deal},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={484-488},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010279100002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - Culture and National Identity Analysis: The Background of Great Britain Involvement in Iran’s Nuclear Deal
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Mahendra G.
AU - Susanto S.
PY - 2018
SP - 484
EP - 488
DO - 10.5220/0010279100002309