From Empires to Systems and Back to Empires? System Paradigm in the Intellectual Traditions of Iran, China and Russia
From Empires to Systems and Back to Empires? System Paradigm in the Intellectual Traditions of Iran, China and Russia

Oleg Pakhomov

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 October 2023

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.368510.1394

Abstract
  This paper is an attempt to reconsider the legacy of universalism of traditional empires from the perspective of systems theory. In the West, the system ideas were already present in ...  Read More
Neofunctionalism Theory Put to Test in Central and Eastern Europe
Neofunctionalism Theory Put to Test in Central and Eastern Europe

Ali Sabbaghian; Rajdeep Singh

Volume 6, Issue 4 , October 2022, , Pages 705-742

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.363063.1368

Abstract
  The Three Seas Initiative harks back as another version of strategic integration in the Central and Eastern Europe. Based on the Neofunctionalism, a functional-based regionalism is ...  Read More
IR in Iran and South Africa: A Comparative Study
IR in Iran and South Africa: A Comparative Study

Homeira Moshirzadeh; Karen Smith

Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 197-238

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.351629.1324

Abstract
  As the self-image of International Relations as a “hegemonic discipline”, under the influence of the American IR community, is questioned and challenged, the issue of “others” ...  Read More
Institutional Hegemonic Resilience: Understanding the Dynamics of American Exceptionalism in the Institutional World Order
Institutional Hegemonic Resilience: Understanding the Dynamics of American Exceptionalism in the Institutional World Order

Sotoudeh Zibakalam Mofrad; Saeid Reza Ameli

Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 239-272

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.341025.1299

Abstract
  The post-world war liberal order has been primarily based on the pillars of international institutions inspired from the idea of multilateral agreements and rooted in the ideological ...  Read More
COVID-19 and International Order: A Case Study of China's Role
COVID-19 and International Order: A Case Study of China's Role

Elham Rasoolisaniabadi

Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 273-303

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.345443.1308

Abstract
  Following World War II, the United States constructed a liberal international order that grew noticeably more influential after the Cold War. Today, this order is in crisis, in a way ...  Read More
Kurdish Movements and Distributive Power Structures: A Theoretical Model to Understand the Rise and Fall of Kurdish Movements
Kurdish Movements and Distributive Power Structures: A Theoretical Model to Understand the Rise and Fall of Kurdish Movements

Siamak Bahrami

Volume 3, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 839-877

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.296247.1134

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
An Investigation of World-System Theory and Globalization in the Rama Novels by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
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 , July 2019, , Pages 579-604

https://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
New Global Governance and the Future of the State Institution in the Middle East
New Global Governance and the Future of the State Institution in the Middle East

Siamak Bahrami

Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 735-774

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.260336.1060

Abstract
  Changes in the international system, along with crises in the Middle East and the emergence of inefficient states coexisting with religious and racial groups in the region, make one ...  Read More
Geopolitical Divergence in the League of Arab States from a Neorealist Point of View
Geopolitical Divergence in the League of Arab States from a Neorealist Point of View

Reza Simbar; Tohid Afzali; Mohsen Asgarian

Volume 2, Issue 2 , April 2018, , Pages 321-353

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.241724.1025

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