Mythical Thought and the Constitution of Israeli Foreign Policy
Mythical Thought and the Constitution of Israeli Foreign Policy

Sajad Minadi; Homeira Moshirzadeh

Volume 9, Issue 2 , April 2025, , Pages 257-291

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.386042.1478

Abstract
  Israel’s foreign policy at times diverges from prevailing realist expectations, specifically rational considerations and prudence. This article argues that this is the result ...  Read More
Détente Dynamics: A Neoclassical Realist Perspective on EU Foreign Policy in the MENA Region
Détente Dynamics: A Neoclassical Realist Perspective on EU Foreign Policy in the MENA Region

Konstantinos Zarras

Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2024, , Pages 559-588

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.373610.1420

Abstract
  In the post-2020 security environment of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, marked by the easing of Iranian-Saudi tensions, intra-Sunni reconciliation, the resolution of ...  Read More
A Nation State with Multiple Identities: Egypt in the Middle East Transition
A Nation State with Multiple Identities: Egypt in the Middle East Transition

Erzsebet N. Rozsa

Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2024, , Pages 589-614

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.373609.1421

Abstract
  Transition in the Middle East has been one of the most visible characteristics of the Middle East since the end of the Cold War. Having been probably the most penetrated region of the ...  Read More
A Difficult Friendship: Elements of Continuity and Change in Iran-Iraq Relations in Post-Saddam Era
A Difficult Friendship: Elements of Continuity and Change in Iran-Iraq Relations in Post-Saddam Era

Mahdi Ahouie; Mohammad Tefagh

Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2024, , Pages 615-652

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.380095.1453

Abstract
  Considering that the greatest threat to Iran in the past 400 years has emerged from the geography of Iraq (from the time of the Ottoman rule and onwards), it must be noted that Iraq ...  Read More
A Key Principle or a Key Partner? The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Policy towards Africa
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

https://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
A Spiral of Distrust: Contingencies of US Decisions in 1978–79 and the Emergence of an Anti-American Path in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Policy
A Spiral of Distrust: Contingencies of US Decisions in 1978–79 and the Emergence of an Anti-American Path in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Policy

Mohammad Samiei; Janice Webster

Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 47-82

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.335584.1256

Abstract
  The anti-American inclination of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy-making is well established, and the bitter aspects of the two nation’s history well known. ...  Read More
Reassessing Britain’s Withdrawal from the Persian Gulf in 1971 and its Military Return in 2014
Reassessing Britain’s Withdrawal from the Persian Gulf in 1971 and its Military Return in 2014

Hessameddin Vaez-Zadeh; Reza Javadi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 1-44

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.278750.1101

Abstract
  The primary concern of this research is to reassess the British foreign policy, focusing on its military withdrawal in 1971 from the Persian Gulf and its return in 2014. The Persian ...  Read More
Political Culture and Iran`s Foreign Policy: A Comparative Study of Iran`s Foreign Policy during Ahmadinejad and Rouhani
Political Culture and Iran`s Foreign Policy: A Comparative Study of Iran`s Foreign Policy during Ahmadinejad and Rouhani

Amir Mohammad Haji Yousefi

Volume 2, Issue 2 , April 2018, , Pages 225-245

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.238014.1013

Abstract
  Political culture represents a society`s widely held, traditional values and its fundamental practices; foreign policy decision makers tend to make policies that are compatible with ...  Read More
The United States National Security Strategy under Bush and Obama: Continuity and Change
The United States National Security Strategy under Bush and Obama: Continuity and Change

Mohammad Jamshidi; Farnaz Noori

Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2017, , Pages 175-197

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2017.23675.1010

Abstract
  The foreign policy of states determines the way they behave in the international arena. Accurate analysis of official foreign policy documents of a country is helpful in that it shows ...  Read More