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Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies 

Abbreviated title: WSPS    Referencing style: APA
Published since: Summer 2017   Publication sequence: Quarterly (4 issues per year)
Review policy: Double-blind peer review   Release template: Printed & Electronic
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Research Paper
Trump’s Cognition and His Unorthodox Foreign Policy Approach
1. Trump’s Cognition and His Unorthodox Foreign Policy Approach

Homeira Moshirzadeh; Shayan Afrasiabi

Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, Pages 433-472

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.340537.1291

Abstract
  In many aspects, U.S. President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy-making was in sharp contrast with that of his predecessors, particularly post-WWII presidents. His hostility ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Key Principle or a Key Partner? The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Policy towards Africa
2. A Key Principle or a Key Partner? The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Policy towards Africa

Reza Bagheri

Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, Pages 473-506

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.328449.1236

Abstract
  According to Iran's constitution, expanding relations with Africa has always been one of the strategic principles in the country’s foreign policy; all previous presidents have ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Implications of “Strategic Loneliness” for Iran’s Geopolitics: Inevitable or Constructed?
3. The Implications of “Strategic Loneliness” for Iran’s Geopolitics: Inevitable or Constructed?

Mahdi Ahouie

Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, Pages 507-544

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.335019.1252

Abstract
  This paper pays particular attention to three critical junctures in Iran’s contemporary history: The Russo-Persian wars of the 19th century, Iran’s occupation by the Allies ...  Read More
Research Paper
Comparing Gandhi’s Concept of Satyagraha with that of Jihad in Islam
4. Comparing Gandhi’s Concept of Satyagraha with that of Jihad in Islam

Fatemeh Mohammadi

Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, Pages 545-576

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.326279.1228

Abstract
  This paper compares Islamic teachings regarding Jihad with Gandhi’s Satyagraha or non-violent resistance. Abdul Ghaffar Khan, one of Gandhi’s Muslim followers, has argued ...  Read More
Research Paper
Cultural and Social Context for Patients’ Coping with COVID-19: Experiences from Tehran Hospitals
5. Cultural and Social Context for Patients’ Coping with COVID-19: Experiences from Tehran Hospitals

Elaheh Karimi Riabi; Manijeh Firoozi

Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, Pages 577-601

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.338210.1280

Abstract
  Two years after the beginning of the pandemic, various strains of COVID-19 continue to affect relatively all regions and countries in the world. Each country responded to the pandemic ...  Read More
Research Paper
Geopolitical Expounding of Africa’s Conflicts since the End of Cold War (Case Study: The States Located between 0 to 15th Parallel North)
6. Geopolitical Expounding of Africa’s Conflicts since the End of Cold War (Case Study: The States Located between 0 to 15th Parallel North)

Meysam Mirzaei Tabar; Mohammad Reza Hafeznian; Seyed Yahya Safavi; Hadi Azami

Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, Pages 603-658

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.331134.1240

Abstract
  A conflict can involve anything from a personal disagreement between two people to the emergence of a world war. When a conflict arises, a combination of the main components of geopolitics ...  Read More
History and Political Geography of Central Europe: Explaining the Rise of Euroscepticism and Nativism in Visegrád 4 countries
1. History and Political Geography of Central Europe: Explaining the Rise of Euroscepticism and Nativism in Visegrád 4 countries

Seyed Nader Nourbakhsh; Seyed Abbas Ahmadi; Qiuomars Yazdanpanah Dero; Abdolreza Faraji Rad

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 773-808

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.322264.1209

Abstract
  The rise of the far right is one of the significant challenges facing European countries;  the growing Eurosceptic and nativist attitudes in Central Europe have resulted in transforming ...  Read More
Bilateral Trade Potentials in Iran-Russia Relations: A Case Study of Food Trade
2. Bilateral Trade Potentials in Iran-Russia Relations: A Case Study of Food Trade

Fereshteh Abniki; Nahid Pourrostami; Tohid Asadi

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 665-706

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.319781.1217

Abstract
  Signing a preferential trade agreement between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has created a suitable context for the expansion of trade interactions between the countries ...  Read More
A Medley of Voices Representing Dialogic Democracy, Autocracy or Violence in Afghanistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Soltanzade’s Brazen Bulls
3. A Medley of Voices Representing Dialogic Democracy, Autocracy or Violence in Afghanistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Soltanzade’s Brazen Bulls

Zohreh Ramin; Amirhossein Effatian

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 633-664

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

Abstract
  Afghanistan is a country besieged by years of instability and unrest as a result of the weak governments that have seized power, especially after King Zahir. Mohammad Asef Soltanzade’s ...  Read More
Orientalist Framing of Post-Revolutionary Iran: A Study of Iranian-American Memoirs
4. Orientalist Framing of Post-Revolutionary Iran: A Study of Iranian-American Memoirs

Elham Kadkhodaee; Zeinab Ghasemi Tari

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 809-840

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.332132.1243

Abstract
  Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the deposition of the pro-American Pahlavi regime in Iran, an interest in the country as a mythical, complex, and conflict-ridden place has ...  Read More
Anomie and Peace: A Cross-National Study
5. Anomie and Peace: A Cross-National Study

Mahdi Karimi; Tohid Jafari-Koshki

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 707-731

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.326411.1229

Abstract
  In today’s world, which is rife with civil wars, terrorist activities, and different forms of violence, peace has become a complex concept, affected by various social, economic, ...  Read More
Research Paper
“Haram Defenders” in Contemporary Shiite Political Thought: Iranian and Afghan Martyrs' Wives’ Outlook on Fighting Terrorism
1. “Haram Defenders” in Contemporary Shiite Political Thought: Iranian and Afghan Martyrs' Wives’ Outlook on Fighting Terrorism

Zohreh Nosrat Kharazmi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 16 March 2022

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.338178.1278

Abstract
  Piety for Muslim women is an internal source of agency that motivates their social presence and fulfills their political commitments. In spite of the prevalence of Orientalist views ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Impact of China's Active Engagement with Neo-Taliban on Security of China
2. The Impact of China's Active Engagement with Neo-Taliban on Security of China

Farzad Salimifar; Maziar Mozaffari Falarti; Ali Karimi Magham

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 10 April 2022

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.335828.1257

Abstract
  China is actively engagement in Afghanistan, especially with the Neo-Taliban. This shoes changes in China's policy. They invited the Neo-Taliban delegations to their country several ...  Read More
Research Paper
Sino-Russian Energy Relations: Dimensions and Prospects
3. Sino-Russian Energy Relations: Dimensions and Prospects

Barari Khodayar; Somayyeh Shamsian

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 11 April 2022

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.336606.1271

Abstract
  Access and control of Energy has not only been historically instrumental in the sociopolitical and economic shaping of nations but also central to the global world of politics, systems ...  Read More
Research Paper
China and Chabahar; opportunities and challenges of cooperation of Iran and China in the Indian Ocean
4. China and Chabahar; opportunities and challenges of cooperation of Iran and China in the Indian Ocean

Sahar Hossein Babaei Mamaghani; Ali Asadi Khomami

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 18 April 2022

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.336595.1270

Abstract
  China has invested in the Gwadar port in Pakistan to create an economic corridor to connect China to Central Asia through the Indian Ocean which is a part of the Belt and Road Initiative ...  Read More
Research Paper
China and the Longing for Making Order; An Insight of the Emergence and Reliability of the AIIB
5. China and the Longing for Making Order; An Insight of the Emergence and Reliability of the AIIB

Hossein Noroozi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 30 April 2022

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.336520.1266

Abstract
  China is consolidating its position in the international system, taking advantage of a variety of channels in the process. The establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ...  Read More
Research Paper
China-CEEC Cooperation and the EU Response from the Perspective of Regional Security Complex Theory
6. China-CEEC Cooperation and the EU Response from the Perspective of Regional Security Complex Theory

Ali Sabbaghian; Rajdeep Singh

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 May 2022

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.337619.1277

Abstract
  The sun of China’s might has cast a dragon shadow over Europe. While Chinese influence has been largely discussed—either in terms of its immediate neighbors in Asia, or ...  Read More
Research Paper
Migration to Kharej: Dreamed Expectations of Iranian Migrants vs. Experienced Actualities of Living Abroad
8. Migration to Kharej: Dreamed Expectations of Iranian Migrants vs. Experienced Actualities of Living Abroad

Keven Joshua Glöckner; Shaho Sabbar

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 May 2022

http://dx.doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.339334.1283

Abstract
  The growing number of migrants from Iran to the Western World during the past decades represents opportunities as well as challenges for the migrants and also for the host communities. ...  Read More
World Sociopolitical Studies

Publisher:
Iranian World Studies Association and University of Tehran

Director-in-Charge:
  Said Reza Ameli

Editor-in-Chief:
  Mohammad Samiei

Editorial Board:
  Jalal Abbasi   Hamid Algar   Ali Behdad   Piotr Dutkiewicz   Amir-Mohammad Haji Yousefi   Mohammad-Bagher Khoramshad   Gladys Lechini   Mohammad Marandi   Patrick McGreevy   Heshmatsadat Moinifar   Mohammad Ali Mousavi   Mohammad Naghizadeh   Mohammad-Kazem Sajadpour

Executive Director:
  Farnaz Noori

Language Editor:
  Soudeh Eghtesad

Frequency: Quarterly

Print ISSN: 2588-3119

Online ISSN: 2588-3127

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