Palestine, as the first Qibla of Muslims, has always had a special place among them and even among non-Muslims throughout history, and has faced many crises and has also been the focus of attention of regional and global powers. One of these crises is the October 7, 2023 operation, known as the Al-Aqsa Storm, which was designed and carried out with the support of the resistance axis and caused it to overshadow regional equations and calculations of global powers; to the extent that each of these actors follows a specific doctrine in its foreign policy approach to the developments in Palestine. From this perspective, examining the foreign policy positions of West Asian countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and global powers such as China, Russia and the United States, for whom the effects and consequences of this event are of great importance, is one of the significant issues in the field of regional and global developments. Accordingly, the main question of this research is what is the foreign policy approach of regional actors and global powers towards the October 7 operation in Palestine and in what theoretical approaches can it be understood? In response to this hypothesis, it is proposed that different powers have adopted contradictory positions due to two important components of interests and identity, depending on their ideological or geopolitical interests, and this behavioral paradox has exacerbated the crisis and prevented its resolution; it should be noted that the methodological foundations of this research are constructivism and aggressive realism theories and the research method is comparative.
hariri, R., lotfi, K., & abasian, F. (2024). Foreign Policy Doctrine of Regional Actors and Global Powers in the Face of Operation October 7 (Al-Aqsa Storm). Mesopotamian Political Studies, 3(3), -. doi: 10.22126/mps.2025.12146.1061
MLA
rahman hariri; kamran lotfi; fatemeh abasian. "Foreign Policy Doctrine of Regional Actors and Global Powers in the Face of Operation October 7 (Al-Aqsa Storm)". Mesopotamian Political Studies, 3, 3, 2024, -. doi: 10.22126/mps.2025.12146.1061
HARVARD
hariri, R., lotfi, K., abasian, F. (2024). 'Foreign Policy Doctrine of Regional Actors and Global Powers in the Face of Operation October 7 (Al-Aqsa Storm)', Mesopotamian Political Studies, 3(3), pp. -. doi: 10.22126/mps.2025.12146.1061
VANCOUVER
hariri, R., lotfi, K., abasian, F. Foreign Policy Doctrine of Regional Actors and Global Powers in the Face of Operation October 7 (Al-Aqsa Storm). Mesopotamian Political Studies, 2024; 3(3): -. doi: 10.22126/mps.2025.12146.1061
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