TY - JOUR ID - 145536 TI - The Politics of Conflicts: Iran, Iraq and The West (1980-2016) Western Impacts and Solutions JO - فصلنامه بین المللی ژئوپلیتیک JA - IGQ LA - fa SN - 1735-4331 AU - Gassama, Saikou Kawsu AU - Ebrahimi, Mansoureh AU - Yusoff, Kamaruzaman AD - Executive Director, Centre for Governance and Development (CeFGaD), Gambia AD - T07, Academy of Islamic Civilization AD - Retired Professor of History at Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 18 IS - 68 SP - 339 EP - 359 KW - Iran-Iraq Conflict KW - War-Making KW - Western Powers KW - Realist Foreign Politics DO - N2 - In spite of ancient and serious disagreements, Iran and Iraq did not go to war until 1980. Why? What changed the equation? Three-plus decades later, Iran is still a main actor in Iraq’s internal affairs. What motivates this involvement? Our main objective is to explore the politics of the Iraq–Iran conflict and attending influence of Western powers from 1980 onwards. In this study, we analyse the history and causal factors in light of Western foreign policies, and seek grounds for bilateral rapprochement and note cooperation between Western powers, proposing that if the West can cooperate to achieve respective national interests, so can Iran and Iraq. Coherent policy landscaping characterizes national and international levels on looking at theoretical global governance, but academia has yet to pay attention to extant actors and institutions required to govern energy concerns. A classical realist approach reveals that Western Powers pursued and continue to pursue respective interests at all costs. How their several interventions have affected the Iran–Iraq conflict has thus far remained undisclosed UR - https://journal.iag.ir/article_145536.html L1 - https://journal.iag.ir/article_145536_fefd5ed0eddb3e6f7ba6dca46849dd57.pdf ER -