Resistance Economy: Iranian Experience and Russian Reality

Abstract

Today the world is experiencing the transformation of the system of international relations and revision of global “rules of the game”. The transition from a unipolar to a multipolar world is associated with a decline in the status and role of the United States in world politics, which makes it the key opponent of the ongoing processes. The US uses sanctions as the main tool of its foreign policy, seeking to involve as many countries as possible in the sanctions rhetoric. At the same time, the processes taking place in the world demonstrate the split of sanctions coalitions and disagreement of the world players with the irrational policy of the US, which stimulates further development of alternative projects, such as BRICS. In addition to changes in the external conjuncture, it is important to note the ineffectiveness of sanctions as an instrument of pressure. A vivid example is the Islamic Republic of Iran, which managed to withstand the onslaught of sanctions and ensure the development of the country. The author proposes to consider the Iranian experience of combating sanctions pressure for Russia, in particular, to use elements of the resistance economy program.