World Sociopolitical Studies

1. Persian-Language Media overseas as the Western Tools of Public Diplomacy: Framing COVID-19 Pandemics in Iran by VOA and BBC

Zohreh Kharazmi; Saeed Mohammadi

Volume 4, Issue 1 , Winter 2020, Pages 1-36

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.308749.1171

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has attracted the international media since the first infection was identified in Wuhan, China in late 2019. Despite the similar frames all around the world, ... Read More

2. The Impossible Bargain: Iranian-American Relations in the Extended Framework of Putnam’s Two-Level Game Theory

Adam Eva

Volume 4, Issue 1 , Winter 2020, Pages 37-60

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.301956.1146

Abstract

Both in the U.S. and in Iran, foreign policy making is the result of a complex negotiation process between the different bodies of the government. In both countries, anti-Iranian and ... Read More

3. Rethinking Minorities’ Integration into the Host Society: The Case of Indians in the Baharestan Neighbourhood of Tehran

Naimeh Rezaei; Leila Ebrahimi; Mina Pourmoosavi

Volume 4, Issue 1 , Winter 2020, Pages 61-94

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.307666.1166

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This study on Indians in the Baharestan neighbourhood of Tehran investigates the nature of their social integration, and the factors which affect it. By considering integration as a ... Read More

4. Diaspora Identity: A Profile of Iraqi Immigrants in the USA

Mehdi Bahmani; Javad Etaat

Volume 4, Issue 1 , Winter 2020, Pages 95-132

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.310927.1178

Abstract

Since the late 19th century, Iraqi immigrants have formed a community in the United States, which is widely known as a part of the Arab-Muslim diaspora in the country, while the reality ... Read More

5. The Islamic Republic of Iran in the Rhetoric of the Nation of Islam

Foad Izadi; Hassan Hosseini; Setareh Sadeqi; Susan Anjomerooz

Volume 4, Issue 1 , Winter 2020, Pages 133-175

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.308269.1170

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When the Nation of Islam was first established in 1930 by Wallace Fard Muhammad, it managed to attract a segment of African Americans and persuade them to convert to Islam as taught ... Read More

6. U.S. Strategy toward Africa and Trump's Rivalry Competition: A Neo-Classical Approach

Atefeh Toghyani; Amirbahram Arabahmadi

Volume 4, Issue 1 , Winter 2020, Pages 177-212

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.304947.1160

Abstract

This article illustrates the fact that the U.S. administration's behavior toward Africa has always been shaped by the conception of rivalries' presence, rather than the potentials of ... Read More

1. Hindu-Muslim Relationship in Bollywood in post 26/11: A Content Analysis of Movies (2008-2018)

Maziar Mozaffari Falarti; Hamideh Molaei; Asra Karim

Volume 3, Issue 2 , Spring 2019, , Pages 345-377

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.276334.1092

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This study investigates the representations of Hindu-Muslim relationship in Bollywood movies from 2008 to 2018. It is assumed that after 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, which are known ... Read More

2. A Visual Framing Analysis of French and US Political Cartoons on Trump's Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal

Hadi Dolatabadi; Zeinab Ghasemi Tari

Volume 3, Issue 3 , Summer 2019, , Pages 605-647

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.289255.1119

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The present study examines how Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on May 8, 2018 was framed in political cartoons published in the ... Read More

3. The Jewish Community in Contemporary Iran: A New Analytic Approach

Monica Mereu

Volume 3, Issue 4 , Autumn 2019, , Pages 763-787

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.304193.1156

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This paper takes a broad and novel approach to analysing the Iranian Jewish community of Iran, both as a distinct group and as a constituent part of Iran’s wider population ... Read More

4. An Investigation of World-System Theory and Globalization in the Rama Novels by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee

Zohreh Ramin; Hooshmand Hedayati

Volume 3, Issue 3 , Summer 2019, , Pages 579-604

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.285224.1110

Abstract

Noam Chomsky argues that only a meager percentage of the world, consisting of mainly large corporations and developed nations, prosper from globalization. As stated in Immanuel Wallerstein’s ... Read More

5. Sport behind Public Diplomacy; Functional Components of Sport Diplomacy in Iran

Arash Dousti; Reza Saboonchi; Mahdi Shariati Feizabadi

Volume 3, Issue 2 , Spring 2019, , Pages 379-407

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.287479.1116

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the role of sport as a soft power for Iran to facilitate its diplomatic relations after the nuclear deal. The research method used in this study ... Read More

1. Dialogic democracy as a substitute for discourses propagating autocracy or violence in Afghanistan: A Case Study of Soltanzade’s Brazen Bulls

Zohheh Ramin; Amirhossein Effatian

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 December 2020

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.309515.1175

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Afghanistan is a country besieged by years of instability and unrest as a result of the weak governments that came to power especially after King Zahir. Mohammad Asef Soltanzade’s ... Read More

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2. EU Economic & Financial Sanctions against Iran and their Human Rights Implications

Roxana Niknami

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 December 2020

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.303333.1151

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Since the advent of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the country has been continuously subject to severe sanctions by the Western countries, especially the United States. In all these ... Read More

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3. Nuclear Deal and Iran Unfreezing by Crisis Group

Saied Reza Ameli; Atefeh Toghyani

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 December 2020

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.272872.1082

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One of the most important barriers in conflict resolution is the rigid structure of the socio-psychological repertoire that evolves in societies immersed in intractable conflict. The ... Read More

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4. A Framing Analysis of News Coverage of Iran’s Nuclear Deal: The Case of CNN and Fox News on Iran post-JCPOA (2015-2018)

Hamid Reza Dashti; Zeinab Ghasemi Tari

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 23 February 2021

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.313474.1181

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The paper intends to examine how CNN and Fox News have framed Iran's Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or the JCPOA. Following the nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic ... Read More

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1. Persian-Language Media overseas as the Western Tools of Public Diplomacy: Framing COVID-19 Pandemics in Iran by VOA and BBC

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2. The Impossible Bargain: Iranian-American Relations in the Extended Framework of Putnam’s Two-Level Game Theory

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3. Rethinking Minorities’ Integration into the Host Society: The Case of Indians in the Baharestan Neighbourhood of Tehran

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4. Diaspora Identity: A Profile of Iraqi Immigrants in the USA

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5. The Islamic Republic of Iran in the Rhetoric of the Nation of Islam

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6. U.S. Strategy toward Africa and Trump's Rivalry Competition: A Neo-Classical Approach

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1. Hindu-Muslim Relationship in Bollywood in post 26/11: A Content Analysis of Movies (2008-2018)

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2. A Visual Framing Analysis of French and US Political Cartoons on Trump's Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal

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3. The Jewish Community in Contemporary Iran: A New Analytic Approach

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4. An Investigation of World-System Theory and Globalization in the Rama Novels by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee

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5. Sport behind Public Diplomacy; Functional Components of Sport Diplomacy in Iran

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1. Dialogic democracy as a substitute for discourses propagating autocracy or violence in Afghanistan: A Case Study of Soltanzade’s Brazen Bulls

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2. EU Economic & Financial Sanctions against Iran and their Human Rights Implications

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3. Nuclear Deal and Iran Unfreezing by Crisis Group

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4. A Framing Analysis of News Coverage of Iran’s Nuclear Deal: The Case of CNN and Fox News on Iran post-JCPOA (2015-2018)

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