One of the most interesting concepts for me as a history major is how a nation is specifically organized. America is the home to the longest standing democracy, England has been a constitutional monarchy for longer than that. However, the idea of a theocracy is extremely interesting to me because i find it to be one of the most difficult ideas to pull off. Imagine uniting millions of people under one flag, one religion, and one leader that is completely unquestioned. Then imagine unanimous agreement on these wholesale changes and it becoming the flag bearer for an entire region.
This is basically what has occured in present-day Iran. The Irani revolution has been refered to as being swift and for millions to take to the streets in what has been refered to as the largest united protest in the world's history. Plus the idea of implementing Sharia Law into mainstream society and modernized culture is extremely daring and could have resulted from widespread scrutiny from the intellectual center. That would have been my assessment had i been alive in 1979. But in the end Iran represents the opposite end of the spectrum with respect to the United States. The United States prides itself on being a world leader and cutting edge in the Westernized world while Iran prides itself on currently being the voice of the Islamic World. One of the more interesting relations with respect to foreign policy will be observing the communications between the two nations and gauging they perspective they have of one another. And is Iran really producing nuclear weapons?
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