Volume 4 (2020)
Volume 3 (2019)
Volume 2 (2018)
Volume 1 (2017)
Main Subjects = regional studies
Number of Articles: 15
1. History and Political Geography of Central Europe: Explaining the Rise of Euroscepticism and Nativism in Visegrad 4 countries.
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 22 August 2021
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 has resulted in transforming ... Read More
2. EU Economic & Financial Sanctions against Iran and their Human Rights Implications
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Summer 2020, , Pages 473-506
Abstract
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
3. Brexit and the English School of International Relations: A Theoretical Study
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Spring 2020, , Pages 213-240
Abstract
By causing a serious gap in the optimistic literature on European integration processes, Brexit has provided numerous challenges for international relations theorists. In ... Read More
4. Diaspora Identity: A Profile of Iraqi Immigrants in the USA
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Winter 2020, , Pages 95-132
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. Congressional Foreign Policy Actors on the Two Iran Banking Sanction Laws during the Obama Administration
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Autumn 2019, , Pages 687-730
Abstract
The United States and Iran as former allies turned into adversaries after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Since then the United States has tried to contain Iran as a state ... Read More
6. Medical Tourism Opportunities: Iran as a Destination Country for Azerbaijani Medical Tourists
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Autumn 2019, , Pages 789-837
Abstract
The medical tourism industry comprises a combination of tourism and medical services and has attracted the attention of most developed and developing countries during the ... Read More
7. Kurdish Movements and Distributive Power Structures: A Theoretical Model to Understand the Rise and Fall of Kurdish Movements
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Autumn 2019, , Pages 839-877
Abstract
Many studies have been conducted on the Kurds and their movements. Most authors have considered historical dimensions or applied limited theoretical variables, but have not ... Read More
8. Obama’s Counterterrorism Policy and the Washington Post’s Editorials: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Media-State Interaction
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Summer 2019, , Pages 445-481
Abstract
American mass media’s relation with the US government in foreign policy decision-making has been the subject of numerous studies in the interdisciplinary field of political ... Read More
9. Fragile States: the Birthplace of Non-State Armed Groups in West Asia
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Spring 2019, , Pages 233-270
Abstract
Due to both internal and external factors, Western Asia has long been suffering from security tribulations and political instability. The institution of various military and militia ... Read More
10. Institutional Analysis of Corruption Configurations in South-West Asian Countries: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA)
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Spring 2019, , Pages 305-343
Abstract
Considering corruption as one of the chronic harms of the administrative system, and the social factor affecting economic growth, the present study sought to explain, for the first ... Read More
11. Hindu-Muslim Relationship in Bollywood in post 26/11: A Content Analysis of Movies (2008-2018)
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Spring 2019, , Pages 345-377
Abstract
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
12. Israel Advocacy in the Academic Field: The Case of Terrorism Studies
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Spring 2019, , Pages 409-444
Abstract
Research on the special relationship between the United States and Israel has usually been focused on strategic aspects, whilst fewer scholars have focused on non-material dimensions ... Read More
13. A Qualitative Content Analysis of US Foreign Policy towards Cuba during Barack Obama’s Administration: Hegemony or Leadership?
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Summer 2018, , Pages 445-481
Abstract
The United States’ relations with Cuba are rooted in the US intervention in the process of Cuba’s independence from Spain in the 1890s. The US preserved its interest-based ... Read More
14. Geopolitical Divergence in the League of Arab States from a Neorealist Point of View
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Spring 2018, , Pages 321-353
Abstract
The League of Arab States (also known as the Arab League) is well past its sixth decade of establishment. However, it has a long way to go to achieve the objectives enumerated in its ... Read More
15. The Regional Context of Human Rights in the Middle East
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Winter 2018, , Pages 127-159