Proměny americko-íránských vztahů ve 21. století

This thesis focuses on the issue of changes in the USA-Iran relations over the 21st century in terms of foreign policy. Based on defined theoretical notions, the thesis analyses various factors and barriers that determine the relations between the two states as well as the instruments of foreign policy that both states use against each other. In a piecemeal approach, the paper develops and fulfils following sub-goals: analysis of historical evolution of mutual relations, analysis of both states involved in terms of specifics and determining factors of their foreign policy along with analysis of the key moments of the 21st century. Based on the sub-goals, the objective of the thesis is to identify and formulate probable scenarios of the future development of mutual relations between the USA and Iran.