Institutional Intertwining and National Security Governance in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Volume 25, Issue 4, Winter 2023, Pages 7-28
Alireza Ghazizadeh, Alireza Reihani
Abstract Intertwining is one of the interdisciplinary topics in strategic literature. Intersection of institutions in assigned tasks, intervention of institutions in each other's affairs and lack of coordination between executive authorities are areas of functional intertwining and interference. The emergence of this situation in the field of national security, causes inefficiency and incurs exorbitant costs. The main question of this article is what are the effects and consequences of intertwining on national security governance in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Four hypotheses of increasing public expenses, decreasing political stability, increasing security holes and filling the functional gap of national security institutions have been presented in response to the above question. This paper by using descriptive method and using case study, analyzes the findings. The results of the article show that if the issue of intertwining is not paid attention to, there is a possibility of increasing public expenses for the political system, increasing security holes and increasing political instability. At the end, some recommendations have been provided to treat this situation in the country's governance system.