Strategic Studies Quarterly

Abstract Betrayal ones to his own country is a political and security crime, the most aspect of it is espionage for foreigners. While many studies are done about the crimes, but there are few studies about espionage and Betrayal ones to his own country. The crime of espionage and Betrayal ones to his own country because of its covert nature and its high impact on national security is in very high importance for strategic policy makers. Thus, the aim of this article is to provide a general model for estimating the likelihood of espionage and Betrayal ones to his own country. This is done by literature review of espionage studies and overview the theoretical literature of sociology about crimes and social deviances. The model is made from two category of factors: situational factors and opportunity factors. It is argued that by study of these two factors the likelihood of espionage and Betrayal ones to his own country can be estimated. At the end of this article some indicators of the model are suggested.
 

Abstract  devices and technologies to espionage is a new phenomenon in the international system. The unmanned air vehicles are one of those technologies used frequently for the said purpose.During the recent years, the US has initiated to use this technology against Iran. Regardless of its success and Iran’s reaction against it, committing this act by the USA is in contradiction with some general and special rules of the international law, including, the rule of non-intervention in internal affairs of the countries. Violation of these rules leads to responsibility and accountability of the USA against the Islamic Republic of Iran.