Iran-Israel Confrontation and Its Impact on the Expansion of Israel and Azerbaijan Political-Security Relations

We have witnessed serious developments in the Iranian foreign policy, particularly towards Israel after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, in a way that the Iranian relations with Israel from a strategic alliance suddenly turned into hostility and confrontation with Israel’s existence. However, this development could not be explained in the framework of materialistic paradigms and it could merely be analyzed through constructivist approach by emphasizing on the concept of identity. By applying a constructivist perspective, we may find out that identity clash after three decades has led to the entrance of new actors in this confrontational front, in which the state of Azerbaijan is one of the most important players. As long as the factors for the closeness of Israel to Azerbaijan are concerned, there are various views. However, the present research attempts to address this major question as to how the identity and interests differences between Iran and Israel have affected the expansion of Israel and Azerbaijan political-security relations? Answering this question one has to state that in spite of common identity elements between Iran and Azerbaijan, there are certain challenges which have caused aloofness in their relations and led the Iran-Israel confrontation as a significant and influential factor to be considered for the expansion of Israel and Azerbaijan political-security relations that Israel plan to use it against Iran.