ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book provides a comprehensive understanding of the application of Iran’s foreign policy and behaviour, roots of continuity and factors of change in a regional context, using the case studies of its relations with its two neighbouring countries, the Republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan. It focuses on an aspect of Iran’s relations that has not been systematically studied to this extent, which is Iran’s relation with a region in the post-Soviet space. The book discusses systemic changes resulting from the collapse of the Soviet Union at both the regional and the international level, as well as reviewing the importance of the South Caucasus, together with goals and policies of important actors in this small part of the world. It analyses Iran’s relations with its two northern neighbours by adapting the sectoral model suggested by B. Buzan and his colleagues.
