Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 PhD in Political Science, Allameh Tabatabai University
2 PhD in International Law, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Master of International Relations, University of Isfahan , Isfahan, Iran.
4 Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran,
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to present the structural-interpretative model of the Taliban in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The research method is quantitative-qualitative. In the qualitative part, in order to identify influential factors, the content analysis method, literature review, and exploratory interviews with 28 experts in the fields of political science, geopolitics, international relations, and regional studies were used. The non-random method with the snowball technique was used to select experts until reaching theoretical saturation. The statistical population in the quantitative part was 85 experts, researchers, and researchers who were estimated by simple random sampling. The Delphi method was used to screen and select the factors, and among the 17 identified factors, 15 elements were selected. Using exploratory factor analysis, the factors were determined in the form of the three main factors of the moderate Islamic state, the effort for ethnic unity in Afghanistan, and the strengthened social and popular base. Also, for leveling, the structural modeling-interpretive method has been used, which is placed in the first level - the moderate Islamic state, the second level is the effort for ethnic unity in Afghanistan, and the third level is the strengthening of the social and popular base. According to the graph of the power of influence and degree of dependence, all three factors were placed in the autonomous region, which has low power of influence and degree of dependence and will have little influence and permeability.
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