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
Saudi Arabia’s Aggressive Oil Policy against Iran (2011-2016)
Saudi Arabia’s Aggressive Oil Policy against Iran (2011-2016)

Saeed Mirtorabi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 199-232

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.273394.1085

Abstract
  Iran and Saudi Arabia have long been engaged in heated rivalry and conflict in the Middle East. These two regional powers are both major oil-exporting countries; in major foreign policy ...  Read More
The Prospect of the United States and Saudi Arabia Relations in Light of Khashoggi Murder
The Prospect of the United States and Saudi Arabia Relations in Light of Khashoggi Murder

Zahra Aghamohammadi; Ali Omidi

Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 605-632

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.256100.1054

Abstract
  A decade after the establishment of the Saudi regime Riyadh and Washington constructed a strategic alliance between themselves in 1945. On the other hand, given the “Pivot to ...  Read More
Obama’s “Pivot to Asia” Policy (2011- 2016): the Case of China
Obama’s “Pivot to Asia” Policy (2011- 2016): the Case of China

Hassan Hosseini; Mohammad Ali Mousavi; Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad

Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 633-674

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.257644.1056

Abstract
  It has been argued and stated that the 21st century is America's Pacific Century, the century or millennium of Asia, and century or era of China, the inevitable superpower. This paper ...  Read More
A Qualitative Content Analysis of US Foreign Policy towards Cuba during Barack Obama’s Administration: Hegemony or Leadership?
A Qualitative Content Analysis of US Foreign Policy towards Cuba during Barack Obama’s Administration: Hegemony or Leadership?

Mohammad Ali Mousavi; Elaheh Nourigholamizadeh

Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2018, , Pages 445-481

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.69040

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
Iran and Egypt: Emotionally Constructed Identities and the Failure to Rebuild Relations
Iran and Egypt: Emotionally Constructed Identities and the Failure to Rebuild Relations

Mohammad Soltaninejad

Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2018, , Pages 483-506

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.69041

Abstract
  Nearly four decades after Iranian-Egyptian diplomatic relations were severed, the two countries are yet to restore them. This is a result of the predominance of certain negative emotional ...  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 Impact of Israeli Think Tanks on Israel's Foreign Policy (2006-2017)
The Impact of Israeli Think Tanks on Israel's Foreign Policy (2006-2017)

Asadollah Athary Maryan; Ehsan Ejazi

Volume 2, Issue 2 , April 2018, , Pages 247-285

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.240061.1019

Abstract
  In the modern world, government policy makers engage in the decision making process to pursue the interests of their countries. Think tanks play a significant role in this complicated ...  Read More
A Security Effective Structure for National Defense in the 21st Century
A Security Effective Structure for National Defense in the 21st Century

Qiuomars Yazdanpanah Dero

Volume 2, Issue 2 , April 2018, , Pages 355-381

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.238126.1014

Abstract
  In accordance with human necessities and deep attention into security, research studies have today became an irrefutable necessity in this area. It is noted that traditional concepts ...  Read More
Iran’s Foreign Policy Approaches toward International Organizations
Iran’s Foreign Policy Approaches toward International Organizations

Hossein Karimifard

Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 35-68

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.65218

Abstract
  Iran’s foreign policy toward international organizations has always oscillated between divergence and convergence, depending on the status of the country in question and the statesmen's ...  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