The Iranian Association of International Studies International Relations Researches 2251-8444 6 20 2016 08 22 Position of Erosion of Power in the Soft Balancing Strategy of the United States Position of Erosion of Power in the Soft Balancing Strategy of the United States 123 164 45870 FA Mehdi Hedayati Shahidani Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Guilan Journal Article 2016 05 09 Erosion of power is organized effort by actors who have aggressive incentives for ignoring the sovereignty of others at the scene of international politics. Strategic necessities in international politics such as quality and the ability of competitors, causes some players use this pattern. This pattern, along with soft balancing strategy for balancing the behavior of competitor states, emerging powers and actors who are upgrading roles in global equations, mainly from the United States are used Subtly. The most important common feature of these actors in this structure is rejection of unilateral behavior patterns and ideas of American exceptionalism. The main question is that the in the framework of the erosion of power strategy, what similarities and differences to be seen in the behavior of the United States towards regional and world powers? Research findings show that in the long-term period using the soft balancing, America seeks to realization reduced and the erosion of global and regional powers. By matching the behavior of the United States towards the aforementioned actors, this article has analyzed its similarities and differences. Paper has used the case study method for verification of data and focused on countries such as Russia and Iran. Erosion of power is organized effort by actors who have aggressive incentives for ignoring the sovereignty of others at the scene of international politics. Strategic necessities in international politics such as quality and the ability of competitors, causes some players use this pattern. This pattern, along with soft balancing strategy for balancing the behavior of competitor states, emerging powers and actors who are upgrading roles in global equations, mainly from the United States are used Subtly. The most important common feature of these actors in this structure is rejection of unilateral behavior patterns and ideas of American exceptionalism. The main question is that the in the framework of the erosion of power strategy, what similarities and differences to be seen in the behavior of the United States towards regional and world powers? Research findings show that in the long-term period using the soft balancing, America seeks to realization reduced and the erosion of global and regional powers. By matching the behavior of the United States towards the aforementioned actors, this article has analyzed its similarities and differences. Paper has used the case study method for verification of data and focused on countries such as Russia and Iran. https://www.iisajournals.ir/article_45870_0d56a0b67c431d9394b76a9a269a30c9.pdf