Brothers on the periphery : Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chávez

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dc.contributor.advisorAghaie, Kamran Scot
dc.creatorJarvis, Amanda Noel
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-3988-5363
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-09T17:46:42Z
dc.date.available2018-08-09T17:46:42Z
dc.date.created2018-05
dc.date.issued2018-06-19
dc.date.submittedMay 2018
dc.date.updated2018-08-09T17:46:43Z
dc.description.abstractAfter more than decade of official disuse, the Trump Administration revived the phrase “Rogue State” in 2017, coinciding with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s return to the political stage in the Islamic Republic of Iran as he suggested his candidacy in the state’s 2021 Presidential election. This shift in U.S. foreign policy and the return of a “rogue” actor require examination of the literature surrounding the “Rogue State” and the subsequent “Axis of Evil.” This paper specifically examines the relationship between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the late Hugo Chávez and its treatment in academia. This work finds that authors focused on outlying statements that presented the pair’s relationship as an ill-matched alliance of convenience built off of shared anti-American sentiments. I argue the pair’s perception as being located in the world’s economic periphery support a more nuanced understanding of their relationship that relies on Dependency Theory as a framework for Ahmadinejad’s and Chávez’s understanding of the world and their positions in it. Indeed, their speeches focus on international economic and power disparity far more than an unfounded antagonism towards the United States. Utilizing this perception and taking advantage of the recession of 2008, the two attempted to form an international coalition of developing states to better negotiate their positions in trade and development projects. I believe focusing on their material concerns provides a more accurate understanding Iranian-Venezuelan relations at the time and provides reason behind their supposedly incompatible relationship.
dc.description.departmentMiddle Eastern Studies
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T25Q4S48J
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/67264
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAhmadinejad
dc.subjectChavez
dc.subjectRogue States
dc.subjectAxis of Evil
dc.subjectAhmadinejad academic treatment
dc.subjectChavez academic treatment
dc.subjectU.S. foreign policy
dc.subjectAhmadinejad-Chavez relationship
dc.subjectDependency Theory
dc.subjectPerceptions of Ahmadinejad
dc.subjectPerceptions of Chavez
dc.subjectIranian-Venezuelan relations
dc.subjectInternational economic disparity
dc.subjectInternational power disparity
dc.titleBrothers on the periphery : Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chávez
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentMiddle Eastern Studies
thesis.degree.disciplineMiddle Eastern Studies
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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