IJPSD

ISSN: 2360-784X

 International Journal of Political Science and Development
 

International Journal of Political Science and Development

Vol. 7(6), pp. 173-182, August, 2019. 

DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2019.075

ISSN: 2360-784X

Research

Understanding the Iran Security Dilemma in the Paris Climate Change Agreement: A Neo Realist Relative Gains Theory

Majid Asadnabizadeh

Ph.D. student, Department of International Relations, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, Lublin, Poland. E-mail: majid.asadnabizade@yahoo.com

Accepted 25 July 2019

This paper Examines how oil as economic security affects international participation in terms of climate change- in Iran. The case of Iran is interesting since its reactions are very different compared to other industrialized and developing countries when it comes to the Paris agreement(PA) and its benefits. Our main objective is to see why Iran did not ratify PA formally? And whether adaptation of the agreement is a change in economic sectors such as oil which will bring problems in the sectors such as; employment sector. Analysis of Iran dilemma in Paris climate change agreement is by taking advantage of A Neo Realist Relative Gains Theory. From analysis concerned with relative gains on Iran position in PA and its reactions it is found that, there are strong relations between Iran function and economic security in PA. Due to the fact that, its major producer of oil and natural gas exporter.

Keywords: Iran, Security dilemma, Paris agreement, Climate change, Relative gains theory
 

Cite this article as: Asadnabizadeh M (2019). Understanding the Iran Security Dilemma in the Paris Climate Change Agreement: A Neo Realist Relative Gains Theory. Int. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 7(6) 173-182