Iran’s counter-hegemony under the leadership of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2009) towards US hegemony in West Asian region

Since the dissolution of Soviet Union in 1991, United States of America (USA) expands its hegemonic power around the world, including oil-rich West Asia of which USA’s interest in this region is the oil resources. USA’s oil reserve decreased in the last few years but its consumption in transportatio...

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Main Authors:	Riki Rahman, Zarina @ Zairina Othman, Kamaruzaman Yusoff, Ruhanas Harun
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Language:	English
Published:	Institut Kajian Rantau Asia Barat 2013
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6900/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6900/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6900/1/2_Riki_Rahman.pdf

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spelling	ukm-69002016-12-14T06:42:31Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6900/ Iran’s counter-hegemony under the leadership of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2009) towards US hegemony in West Asian region Riki Rahman, Zarina @ Zairina Othman, Kamaruzaman Yusoff, Ruhanas Harun, Since the dissolution of Soviet Union in 1991, United States of America (USA) expands its hegemonic power around the world, including oil-rich West Asia of which USA’s interest in this region is the oil resources. USA’s oil reserve decreased in the last few years but its consumption in transportation, industrial, residential and commercial, and electric power increased. USA needs oil supply from other regions especially the West Asia and Iran because oil resources in this region are more abundant than other regions. However, USA’s effort to tighten its hegemony in West Asia faced great challenge from Iran’s anti-USA policy since 1979. This article analyzes those counter-hegemony strategies used by Iran, under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the first term of his leadership (2005-2009), against USA’s hegemonic expansion in this region. This study uses descriptive and analytical qualitative approach to understand and evaluate those strategies used by Ahmadinejad. By using counter-hegemony theory as a tool of analysis, this study found that Iran, under Ahmadinejad's leadership, employs war of position against USA hegemony. This study also found that Iran’s counter-hegemony efforts are a form of balance of power against USA in the West Asia region. Institut Kajian Rantau Asia Barat 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6900/1/2_Riki_Rahman.pdf Riki Rahman, and Zarina @ Zairina Othman, and Kamaruzaman Yusoff, and Ruhanas Harun, (2013) Iran’s counter-hegemony under the leadership of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2009) towards US hegemony in West Asian region. Jurnal Antarabangsa Kajian Asia Barat, 5 (2). pp. 17-34. ISSN 2229-8924 http://www.ukm.my/ijwas/index
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description	Since the dissolution of Soviet Union in 1991, United States of America (USA) expands its hegemonic power around the world, including oil-rich West Asia of which USA’s interest in this region is the oil resources. USA’s oil reserve decreased in the last few years but its consumption in transportation, industrial, residential and commercial, and electric power increased. USA needs oil supply from other regions especially the West Asia and Iran because oil resources in this region are more abundant than other regions. However, USA’s effort to tighten its hegemony in West Asia faced great challenge from Iran’s anti-USA policy since 1979. This article analyzes those counter-hegemony strategies used by Iran, under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the first term of his leadership (2005-2009), against USA’s hegemonic expansion in this region. This study uses descriptive and analytical qualitative approach to understand and evaluate those strategies used by Ahmadinejad. By using counter-hegemony theory as a tool of analysis, this study found that Iran, under Ahmadinejad's leadership, employs war of position against USA hegemony. This study also found that Iran’s counter-hegemony efforts are a form of balance of power against USA in the West Asia region.
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author_facet	Riki Rahman, Zarina @ Zairina Othman, Kamaruzaman Yusoff, Ruhanas Harun,
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title	Iran’s counter-hegemony under the leadership of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2009) towards US hegemony in West Asian region
title_short	Iran’s counter-hegemony under the leadership of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2009) towards US hegemony in West Asian region
title_full	Iran’s counter-hegemony under the leadership of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2009) towards US hegemony in West Asian region
title_fullStr	Iran’s counter-hegemony under the leadership of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2009) towards US hegemony in West Asian region
title_full_unstemmed	Iran’s counter-hegemony under the leadership of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2009) towards US hegemony in West Asian region
title_sort	iran’s counter-hegemony under the leadership of mahmoud ahmadinejad (2005-2009) towards us hegemony in west asian region
publisher	Institut Kajian Rantau Asia Barat
publishDate	2013
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6900/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6900/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6900/1/2_Riki_Rahman.pdf
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Iran’s counter-hegemony under the leadership of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2009) towards US hegemony in West Asian region

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