Iran v ‘the international community’: a postcolonial analysis of the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program*

IF 0.6 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Asian Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2018-06-13 DOI:10.1080/02185377.2018.1481441

Shampa Biswas

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper undertakes an analysis of the underlying presuppositions and terms of the international negotiations on the Iranian nuclear programme as covered in the mainstream Western media during 2013–14. Examining the deep-seated Orientalist presuppositions underlying the civilizational narrative through which the rivalry between the US/West and Iran is described, the paper argues that the notions of ‘nuclear responsibility’, ‘international community’, and ‘global peace’ generated by such representations obscure global power and hierarchy. In effect, such a discourse ensures that Iran remains caught in the spotlight of dangerous nuclear transgressions while the nuclear programme of a normative West is rendered unremarkable.

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伊朗与“国际社会”：伊朗核计划谈判的后殖民分析*

本文分析了2013-14年西方主流媒体报道的伊朗核计划国际谈判的基本前提和条件。本文考察了东方主义者根深蒂固的预设，这些预设是描述美国/西方和伊朗之间竞争的文明叙事的基础，认为这种表述所产生的“核责任”、“国际社会”和“全球和平”的概念模糊了全球权力和等级制度。实际上，这样的言论确保了伊朗仍然处于危险的核违法行为的聚光灯下，而规范的西方的核计划却变得不起眼。

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Asian Journal of Political Science POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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